Spencer, Elisabeth quiz: circulatory system 2
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3. What is the strongest ventricle in the heart?
Left ventricle
2. When blood flows into the left atrium from the lungs, it contains
A lot of oxygen and a little carbon dioxide
4. Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygen-poor blood to the lungs?
Right ventricle
6. The major blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart is called what?
Aorta
9. When the right ventricle contracts, blood is pumped
Out of the heart to the lungs
10. Which of the following heart structures prevents blood flowing backward?
Valve
12. In which type of circulation does blood flow to your head, shoulders, hands and feet?
Systemic
13. How does systemic circulation differ from pulmonary circulation?
Systemic circulation occurs though out the body, pulmonary circulation occurs in the heart and lungs.
14. What part of the heart receives the first oxygenated blood?
Left pulmonary vein
15. What is the pulmonary trunk?
Pumps oxygen poor blood along the pulmonary artery
16. Which of the following is true about how white blood cells different from red blood cells?
There are more red blood cells
17. What is the septum?
An invisible wall that separates the two sides of the heart
19. The function of the left atrium is to what?
receive blood that comes into the heart from the lungs.