Question | Answer |
What does the superior vena cava do? | It is a large vien which returns blood to the heart from the head, neck, and both upper limbs. |
What does the Inferior vena cava do? | It is the large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body into the heart. |
What does the Aortic arch do? | It connects the ventral arterial system to the dorsal arterial system. |
What does the Pulmonary trunk do? | It carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left Pulmonary arteries. |
What does the Left Atrium do? | It recives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins, and pumps it into the left venetricle. |
What does the Right Atrium do? | It receives deoxygenated blood from the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, and coronary sinus. |
What does the left Ventricle do? | It recieves oxygenated blood from the Left Atrium via the mitral valve, and pumps it into the aorta. |
What does the Right Ventricle do? | It receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium via the tricuspid valve, and pumps it into the pulmonary artery. |
What does the Appex do? | It is the bottom of the heart that pumps blood to the ventricles and the ventricular septum. |
What does the Pulmonary arteries do? | They carry blood from the heart to the lungs. |
What does the Pulmonary veins do? | They carry blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. |