Question | Answer |
Blood in the ________ atrium | left |
passes through the _________ valve | Mitral |
to the _________ ventricle. | left |
It is then pumped through the _______ valve | Aortic |
to the _________, the largest artery in the body. | Aorta |
From there, the blood is transported to smaller and smaller arteries, with the smallest of these called__________. | Arterials |
From there, blood passes into the __________, where gas exchange can take place. | Capillaries |
The blood then enters the _________, which lead to larger and larger veins. | Venules |
The large vein that returns blood to the heart is the ____________. | Vena Cava |
This structure returns blood to the right ________. | Atrium |
The blood then travels through the ________ valve, | Tricuspid |
passing into the right _________. | Ventricle |
It is then pumped from this structure through the ______ ________, | Pulmonary Valve |
where the blood enters the _______ _______. | Pulmonary Arteries |
These are the only vessels of this type to carry __________ blood away from the heart, | Deoxygenated |
and on to the lungs. From there, the blood returns to the heart via the ______ ______, | Pulmonary Veins |
which lead to the ______ _______ , completing the cardio-pulmonary ciruit. The End! | Left Atrium |