PARTS OF THE HEART

What is the role of the left ventricle?

• receive deoxygenated blood from the right atrium and pump it into the pulmonary artery

• keep your heartbeat regulated

• receive oxygenated blood from the left atrium and pump it into the aorta

•  receive oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins

What is the main function of the right ventricle?

• to carry deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body (including the legs, pelvis, and abdomen)

• receive deoxygenated blood from the right atrium and pump it into the pulmonary artery

• to carry deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body (including the head, neck, arms, and upper torso) back to the right atrium of the heart

• protect your heart from getting infections

What is the role of the superior vena cava?

• regulate the flow of oxygenated blood between the left atrium and the left ventricle

• Warm your heart

• control the flow of oxygenated blood as it is pumped from the heart into the aorta

• to carry deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body (including the head, neck, arms, and upper torso) back to the right atrium of the heart.

What part of the heart receives blood from the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava?

• Right Atrium

• Superior Vena Cava

• Left Ventricle

• Pulmonary Artery

The left atrium receives ______ blood from the pulmonary veins.

• warm

• deoxygenated

• oxygenated

• cold

The inferior vena cava is a large vein in the human body that carries deoxygenated blood from the ______ of the body

• Lower half

• Middle

• Head

• Upper Half

The pulmonary artery is a major blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Where do the pulmonary veins get their blood?

• Everywhere

• Arms

• Legs

• Lungs

What is the role of the aorta?

• Responsible for carrying oxygenated blood to other arteries

• Regulate flow through the heart

• Keep the rhythm of the heart

• Clear the heart of waste

What is the role of the tricuspsid valve?

• regulate the flow of blood between the right atrium and the right ventricle

• carry blood from the right atrium to the right ventricle

• maintains the beat of your heart

• keeps thee heart from letting blood clot