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Heart Flow
How blood flows through heart and related terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blood returning to the heart from the lungs enters which chamber? | Left Atrium |
| When the left ventricle contracts, freshly oxygenated blood flows through the ______ valve into the ________. | Aortic: aorta |
| The tricuspid valve is located between the: | Right Atria and Right Ventricle |
| Which of the following is the major artery leaving the heart that takes oxygenated blood to body tissues? | Aorta |
| blood flows from the left atrium through the ______ valve into the left ventricle. | Mitral or Bicuspid |
| The pulmonary circulation carries blood between which two organs? | Heart and Lungs |
| Blood returning to the heart from the various tissues of the body enters which chamber? | Right Atrium |
| Blood flows from the right atrium through the _______ valve into the right ventricle. | Tricuspid |
| Which structures return blood to the heart? | Veins |
| The left atrium receives blood from the ________. | Pulmonary Veins |
| The right ventricle expels blood through the ______ valve into the pulmonary truck. | Pulmonic |
| Blood leaves the left ventricle through the _____ valve to the aorta and its branches and is distributed throughout the body. | Aortic |
| Where does blood go immediately after it leaves the left atrium? | Left ventricle |
| The heart is divided into _____ chambers but functions as a _______-sided pump. | 4;2 |
| The pulmonary vein returns oxygen-rich blood to the: | Left atrium |
| The superior vena cava carries: | Oxygen-poor blood to the right atrium |
| Which muscle contracts to push blood through the circulatory system? | Heart |
| Which side of the heart is a low-pressure system that pumps venous blood to the lungs? | Right Side |
| One-way valves are found in which blood vessels? | Veins |
| The right side of the heart: | Deasl with oxygen-poor blood |
| When the left ventricle contracts, it pushes blood through a valve to the: | Aorta |
| Which side of the heart is a high-pressure system that pumps arterial blood to the systemic circulation? | Left side |
| The inferior surface of the heart is formed by the : | Right and left ventricles |