Cardiovascular System Quiz

When blood leaves this chamber of the heart, it heads out to the body (not the lungs)

• left atrium

• right atrium

• left ventricle

• right ventricle

One of the body's largest blood vessels that transports blood from the body region below the diaphragm to the heart

• superior vena cava

• inferior vena cava

• pulmonary trunk

• pulmonary veins

When blood leaves this chamber of the heart, it heads to the lungs

• right atrium

• right ventricle

• left atrium

• left ventricle

This blood vessel splits in two and sends oxygen-poor blood away from the heart and to the lungs

• aorta

• pulmonary veins

• superior vena cava

• pulmonary trunk

This chamber of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs

• right atrium

• right ventricle

• left atrium

• left ventricle

These are the smallest blood vessels with the thinnest walls in order to maximize diffusion of nutrients in and out of the interstitial fluid

• arteries

• veins

• capillaries

• aorta

These carry blood towards the heart

• arteries

• veins

These carry blood away from the heart

• Arteries

• Veins

THE 2 SUPERIOR CHAMBERS OF THE HEART ARE THE:

• ARTERIES

• VENTRICLES

• ATRIA

THE 2 INFERIOR CHAMBERS OF HEART:

• ATRIA

• AORTA

• VENTRICLES

• VEIN