Cardiovascular System Vocabulary

The upper chambers of the heart that receive blood

• Atria

• Ventricle

• Septum

• Arteries

The lower chambers of the heart that pump blood out of the heart

• Atria

• Ventricles

• Septum

• Aorta

A wall of tissue that separates the left and right sides of the heart

• Septum

• Bicuspid Valve

• Pulmonary Vein

• Sternum

Valve located between the right atrium and right ventricle

• Tricuspid Valve

• Pulmonary Valves

• Bicuspid Valve (Mitral Valve)

• Aortic Valve

Valve located between the left atrium and left ventricle

• Aortic Valve

• Pulmonary Valves

• Bicuspid Valve(Mitral Valve)

• Tricuspid Valve

Either of two valves connecting to ventricles to arteries carrying blood away from the heart

• Tricuspid Valve

• Superior Vena Cava

• Bicuspid Valve(Mitral Valve)

• Semilunar Valves

The largest artery in the body

• Aorta

• Capillaries

• Pulmonary Artery

• Coronary Artery

Carries oxygen poor blood from the heart to the lungs

• Pulmonary Veins

• Coronary Arteries

• Pulmonary Artery

• Capillaries

Carry oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to heart

• Inferior Vena Cava

• Pulmonary Artery

• Septum

• Pulmonary Veins

Veins that return oxygen-poor blood to the right atrium

• Pulmonary Artery

• Superior Vena Cava/Inferior Vena Cava

• Coronary Artery

• Aorta