The Heart Review

Which side of the heart carries deoxygenated blood?

• Right atrium and ventricle

• Left atrium and ventricle

Which side of the heart carries highly oxygenated blood?

• Right atrium and ventricle

• Left atrium and ventricle

Large vein that delivers deoxygenated blood from upper body to right atrium.

• pulmonary artery

• superior vena cava

• inferior vena cava

• aorta

Large vein that delivers deoxygenated blood from lower body to right atrium.

• pulmonary vein

• superior vena cava

• inferior vena cava

• aorta

Deoxygenated blood goes from the right atrium to the...

• aorta

• pulmonary vein

• left atrium

• right ventricle

The right ventricle contracts, sending deoxygenated blood to the lungs via the...

• aorta

• pulmonary vein

• pulmonary artery

• superior vena cava

In the lungs, red blood cells pick up _________ and drop off carbon dioxide.

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• aorta

• pulmonary

Oxygenated blood returns the the left atrium of the heart through the...

• aorta

• pulmonary artery

• pulmonary vein

• inferior vena cava

The left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood out to all parts of the body through the ________.

• superior vena cava

• pulmonary artery

• aorta

• right atrium

The function of valves in the heart is...

• to allow for contraction of heart muscle.

• to oxygenate the blood.

• to prevent backflow of blood.

• to connect arteries and veins.