Circulatory System Review

Match the following

• Chamber with the thickest wall

• Left Atrium

• Pumps blood to the pulmonary trunk

• Right Ventricle

• Where electrical impulse begins

• Right Atrium

• Blood coming from the lungs returns here

• Left Ventricle

Match the following

• Receives oxygen-poor blood from the right atrium

• Right Atrium

• Pumps blood to the aorta

• Left Atrium

• Connected to the pulmonary veins

• Left Ventricle

• Receives oxygen-poor blood from the body

• Right Ventricle

Match the following

• Receives oxygen-poor blood from the right atrium

• Right Ventricle

• Connected to the pulmonary veins

• Left Ventricle

• Pumps blood to the aorta

• Right Atrium

• Receives oxygen-poor blood from the body

• Left Atrium

Match the following

• Carry blood away from the heart

• Arteries

• Return blood to the heart

• Capillaries

• Gas exchange occurs here

• Veins

Match the following

• Aorta

• Capillaries

• Smallest blood vessels

• Arteries

• Superior and inferior vena cava

• Veins

Match the following

• Contain oxygen poor blood

• Arteries

• Contains oxygen rich blood

• Veins

• Nutrient exchange occurs here

• Capillaries

Match the following

• Contain valves to prevent backflow

• Capillaries

• Walls are 1 cell layer thick

• Veins

• Thickest, most muscular walls

• Arteries

________ ______ transport oxygenated blood to the heart from the lungs.

The ________ divides the left ventricle from the right ventricle.

Which one of the following vessels receives blood during right ventricular systole?

• Pulmonary veins

• Pulmonary trunk

• Aorta

• Superior vena cava