Heart Anatomy & Physiology
What are the four chambers of the heart?
What are the right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle?
Which chamber receives deoxygenated blood from the body?
What is the right atrium?
What is the largest artery in the body?
What is the aorta?
What is the function of white blood cells and how many different types are ther?
What is to fight infection?
What is five?
What is the primary function of the cardiovascular system?
What is to transport oxygen, nutrients, and waste throughout the body?
Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body?
What is the left ventricle?
Which artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs?
What is the pulmonary artery?
Which arteries supply the heart with oxygen-rich blood?
What are the coronary arteries?
What is the liquid portion of the blood called?
What is plasma?
Which blood type is the universal donor?
Which blood type is the universal recipient?
What is Type O negative?
What is Type AB positive?
What is the name of the protective membrane surrounding the heart?
Name all three layers.
What is the pericardium?
Epicardium, Myocardium & Endocardium
What blood vessels carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?
What are the pulmonary veins?
What are the two major veins that return blood to the heart?
What are the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava?
Which cells carry oxygen in the blood? (medical term)
What are red blood cells (erythrocytes)?
What determines blood type classification?
What are glycoproteins on red blood cell membranes?
What is the primary function of capillaries?
What is to exchange oxygen, nutrients, and waste between blood and tissues?
What is the correct sequence of blood flow through the heart?
What is right atrium → right ventricle → lungs → left atrium → left ventricle → body?
Which artery supplies blood to the brain, head, face, and neck?
What is the carotid artery?
Which blood cells help in clotting?
What are platelets (thrombocytes)?
Which heart valve has prevents backflow of blood from the right ventricle to the right atrium?
What is the tricuspid valve?
Which heart valve prevents backflow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium?
What is the bicuspid (mitral) valve?
What structure prevents blood from flowing back into the right ventricle from the pulmonary artery?
What is the pulmonary valve?
Which arteries supply blood to the arms?
What are the subclavian arteries?
What protein in red blood cells binds to oxygen?
What is hemoglobin?
Why is the left ventricular wall significantly thicker than the right ventricular wall?
What is because it must pump blood at a higher pressure to supply the entire body?