Cardiovascular System

Where is the heart located?

• In your leg

• Slightly left to the centre of the chest

• Slightly right to the centre of the chest

• On the left side of the body

What prevents blood from flowing back into the atria when the ventricles contract?

• Semilunar valves

• Sinoatrial node

• Atrioventricular node

• Tricuspid and bicuspid valves

Which chamber is responsible for pumping blood out of the heart and to the body?

• Left atrium

• Right atrium

• Left ventricle

• Right ventricle

One of the body's largest blood vessels that transports blood from the lower part of the body to the heart

• Superior vena cave

• Inferior vena cava

• Pulmonary artery

• Pulmonary vein

When this chamber contracts, it pushes blood through the tricuspid valve

• Left atrium

• Right atrium

• Left ventricle

• Right ventricle

This chamber of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs

• Left atrium

• Right atrium

• Left ventricle

• Right ventricle

 

These are the smallest blood vessels with the thinnest walls in order to maximise diffusion of nutrients in and out of the interstitial fluid

• Arteries

• Veins

• Capillaries

• Aorta

These carry blood towards the heart

• Arteries

• Veins

These carry blood away from the heart

• Arteries

• Veins

Which part of the heart is this?

• Aorta

• Right ventricle

• Left atrium

• Left ventricle