Heart Chambers and Tricuspid Valve Notes

These chambers are divided into R and L sides by walls called the _______ Septum and the _______ System. (Fill in the blanks)

• Interatrial; Interventricular

• Atrial; Ventricular

• Pulmonary; Aortic

• Mitral; Tricuspid

How many atria (upper chambers) are there in the heart?

• Two

• One

• Three

• Four

The atria are the _______ chambers of the heart. (Fill in the blank)

• receiving

• pumping

• contracting

• distributing

Blood returning to the heart via veins first collects in the _______.

• atria

• ventricles

• arteries

• capillaries

How many ventricles (lower chambers) are there in the heart?

• Two

• One

• Three

• Four

The ventricles are the _______ chambers of the heart.

• pumping

• receiving

• filtering

• storage

Their contraction ejects blood out of the heart and into the _______ arteries. (Fill in the blank)

• great

• small

• tiny

• minor

What does the tricuspid valve control?

• It controls the opening between the right atrium and the right ventricle.

• It controls the opening between the left atrium and the left ventricle.

• It controls the flow of blood from the left ventricle to the aorta.

• It controls the flow of blood from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery.

Once blood enters the right ventricle, can it go back into the atrium again?

• True

• False

What does 'tri' in tricuspid mean?

• Three

• Four

• Two

• One