Heart Chambers
These chambers in the heart pump blood out of the heart to the lungs or body.
What are ventricles
Valve between the right atrium and right ventricle.
Tricuspid valve
Arteries always flow ______ the heart.
away from
Superior or Inferior Vena Cava
Put the chambers in order of blood flow starting with deoxygenated.
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle
This heart chamber receives blood first.
right atrium
Valve between the left atrium and left ventricle.
Bicuspid valve
Veins flow ______ the heart.
toward
The __________________ is the largest artery that sends oxygenated blood out of the heart and to the rest of the body.
aorta
The lower chambers of the heart are called these.
Ventricles
This part of the heart has the thickest walls.
Left ventricle
Valve between the left ventricle and aorta.
Aortic valve
This vein carries blood into the left atrium.
Pulmonary vein
Prevent blood from flowing back.
Which chamber receives oxygenated blood from then lungs through the pulmonary veins.
Left atrium
The side of the thoracic cavity that the heart is on.
middle
This blood vessel carries blood to the lungs from the right ventricle.
Pulmonary artery
Oxygenated blood flows through this side of the heart.
Left
The larger side of the heart.
The left
The “lub-dub” sound is caused by these structures closing.
Heart valves between atrium and ventricles.
Artery that sends blood to the lungs.
Pulmonary arteries
veins that carry deoxygenated blood to the heart; there are 2!
superior and inferior vena cava
Deoxygenated blood flows through this side of the heart.
Right
The organ that means pulmonary
Lung
The vena cava carries this type of blood.
Deoxygenated