Blood Vessels
Chambers
Process of Circulation
Arteries
True or False
100
It is the largest artery in the body
What is the Aorta?
100
The four chambers that make up the heart
What is the left Atrium, Right Atrium, Left Ventricle, and Right Ventricle?
100
All of the valves present in the heart
What is the tricuspid valve, the mitral valve, the aortic- semi-lunar valve, and the pulmonary semi-lunar valve?
100
What is the purpose of the arteries?
To carry blood away from the heart
100
There are ventricles are the chambers at the bottom of the heart
True
200
The three main arteries of the body
What are the Arteries, Veins, and Capillaries?
200
"This chamber" takes oxygenated blood and pumps it through to the left ventricle.
What is the Left Atrium?
200
The vein that is responsible for bringing de-oxygenated blood from the kidneys to the heart
What is the Inferior Vena Cava?
200
The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between arteries and veins occurs because of this small blood vessel
What are capillaries?
200
If a Doctor were to do surgery on a patient's heart, they will first see something called the epicardium
False: They would first see the pericardium
300
The only artery in the body that does not carry oxygen
What is the Pulmonary Artery?
300
The last chamber that the blood passes through in its entire circulation cycle
What is the Right Atrium?
300
The valve that allows the blood to leave the heart and end up in the pulmonary artery
What is the Pulmonary Semi-Lunar Valve?
300
The first artery to receive the blood in the process of circulation
What is the Pulmonary Artery?
300
There are 8 main arteries and veins in the body
False: There are seven
400
A condition where the veins are clotted
What is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
400
The aortic semi-lunar valve is located underneath this chamber
What is the Left Ventricle?
400
The left ventricle allows blood to flow out of it and into__________________.
What is the Aortic Semi-lunar Valve?
400
A heart attack can normally take place in this artery
What is a Coronary Artery?
400
Capillaries are responsible for the exchange of O and CO between blood vessels
False: Capillaries are responsible for the exchange of O2 and CO2
500
A small blood vessel that connects the veins to the capillaries
What is a venule?
500
Another name for the mitral valve
What is the Bicuspid Valve?
500
De-oxygenated blood from the vena cava, enters the right atrium of the heart and flows through "this valve" into the right ventricle, from which it is then pumped through the pulmonary semilunar valve into the pulmonary artery to the lungs
What is the Tricuspid Valve?
500
The smallest kinds of arteries in the body that connect the capillaries and the larger arteries together
What is an arteriole?
500
A Lumen (pl. Lumina) is the interior of a blood vessel in which blood flows
True
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