The Heart

What name is given to blood vessels that take blood away from the heart to organs/tissues around the body?

• Arteries

• Arterioles

• Veins

• Capillaries

What name is given to blood vessels that take blood back into the heart from organs/tissues around the body?

• Arteries

• Arterioles

• Veins

• Capillaries

Which blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the body into the right atrium?

• Vena cava

• Pulmonary artery

• Pulmonary vein

• Aorta

Which blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs?

• Vena cava

• Pulmonary vein

• Pulmonary artery

• Aorta

Which blood vessel carries oxygenated blood from lungs to the left atrium?

• Aorta

• Vena cava

• Pulmonary vein

• Pulmonary artery

Which blood vessel carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body tissues?

• Pulmonary vein

• Pulmonary artery

• Vena cava

• Aorta

The vena cava takes blood into which chamber?

• Right atrium

• Left atrium

• Right ventricle

• Left ventricle

The pulmonary artery carries blood away from which chamber?

• Right atrium

• Left atrium

• Right ventricle

• Left ventricle

The pulmonary vein takes blood into which chamber?

• Right atrium

• Left atrium

• Right ventricle

• Left ventricle

The aorta carries blood away from which chamber of the heart?

• Right atrium

• Left atrium

• Right ventricle

• Left ventricle