WorksheetsHeart structure and blood flow
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 21mins
Blood carries ..... from your lungs to your body cells/tissues.
carbon dioxide
oxygen
water
urea
Which of the chambers are the receiving chambers?
Ventricles
Atrium
Valves
Vessels
Why is the left ventricle bigger than the right ventricle?
It has to pump to the arms
It has to pump to the head
It has to pump to the legs and feet
It has to pump to the lungs
The left ventricle pumps what type of blood and to where
Oxygenated to the lungs
Deoxygenated to the lungs
Oxygenated to the body
Deoxygenated to the lungs
The pulmonary artery carries what type of blood to where?
Deoxygenated blood to the lungs
Deoxygenated blood to the heart
Oxygenated blood to the lungs
Oxygenated blood to the heart
The role of the valves are to
Prevent back flow of blood
Pump blood out of the heart
To make sure blood flows in one direction
Supply the lungs with blood
The Aortic valve ensures oxygenated blood travels through the
Vena cava
Pulmonary vein
Pulmonary Artery
Aorta
The Pulmonary valve ensures blood continues to travel through the
Aorta
Pulmonary vein
Pulmonary Artery
Vena cava
The Aorta carries what type of blood and to where?
Oxygenated to the working muscles
Deoxygenated to the working muscles
Oxygenated to the lungs
Oxygenated to the heart
The vena cava has two sections to it, what are they called?
Anterior and superior
Dorsal and Distal
Lateral and Medial
Superior and Inferior
The wall that splits the heart down the middle is called the?
Septum
SA node
AV node
Separator
The right atrium receives what type of blood from where
Deoxygenated blood from the lungs
Deoxygenated blood from the heart
Oxygenated blood from the body
Deoxygenated blood from the vena cave from the body
The pulmonary vein carries what type of blood back to what chamber?
Oxygenated blood back to the left atrium
Deoxygenated blood back to the left atrium
Oxygenated blood back to the right atrium
Deoxygenated blood back to the right atrium
The superior vena cava transports what type of blood from where?
Deoxygenated blood from the lower part of the body
Deoxygenated blood from the upper part of the body
Oxygenated blood from the upper part of the body
Oxygenated blood from the lower part of the body
The inferior vena cava transports what type of blood from where?
Oxygenated blood from the upper part of the body
Oxygenated blood from the lower part of the body
Deoxygenated blood from the upper part of the body
Deoxygenated blood from the lower part of the body
The blood enters on the left side of the heart through the ______________ and enters the left atrium. It then passes through the _____________to enter the left ventricle.*
pulmonary artery, mitral valve
pulmonary vein, tricuspid valve
pulmonary artery, aortic valve
. pulmonary vein, bicuspid valve
What is the function of structure labelled 5?
carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs
carry oxygenated blood to all parts of the body
carry deoxygenated blood from all parts of the body to the heart
carry oxygenated blood from the lungs
What is the structure labelled 6?
Pulmonary artery
Pulmonary vein
Vena cava
Aorta
Which chamber of the heart has the thickest wall?
Right atrium
Left atrium
Right ventricle
Left ventricle
How many valve(s) found in the heart?
1
2
3
4
Which structure of the heart prevents the mixing of oxygen-rich blood and oxygen-poor blood?
Aorta
Atrium
Valve
Septum
What organ does the blood flow to in order to pick up oxygen?
Liver
Stomach
Brain
Lung
Which is the correct flow of blood?
R. atrium --> R. Ventricle --> pulmonary artery
R. atrium --> L. atrium --> aorta
L. ventricle --> pulmonary artery --> aorta
L. ventricle --> L. atrium --> aorta
In the walls of the heart, there are two thin layers around a thick layer of muscle called the
epithelial tissue.
pericardium.
connective tissue.
myocardium.
The heart layer that keeps blood from sticking to the inside of the heart made up of squamous epithelial cells
endocardium
pericardium
myocardium
epicardium
