2.65 The heart

Question 1

What does the left side of the heart do?

Answer 1

It carries oxygenated blood and pumps it to the rest of the body

Question 2

What does the right side do?

Answer 2

It carries deoxygenated blood and pumps it to the lungs

Question 3

What is the wall in the middle of the heart called?

Answer 3

The septum

Question 4

What does the pulmonary vein do and where is it located?

Answer 4

It is located on the left and brings oxygenated blood from the lungs to the aorta

Question 5

What is the bicuspid valve and where is it located?

Answer 5

It is located on the left and opens the valve from the left atrium to ventricle

Question 6

What does the aorta do and where is it located?

Answer 6

It is located on the left and pumps blood to the rest of the body

Question 7

What does the vena cava do and where is it located?

Answer 7

It is located on the right and brings deoxygenated blood from the rest of the body to the pulmonary artery

Question 8

What does the tricuspid valve do and where is it located?

Answer 8

It is located on the right and opens the valve from the right atrium to ventricle

Question 9

What does the pulmonary artery do and where is it located?

Answer 9

It is located on the right and pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs

Question 10

Why is the left side of the heart thicker and has more muscle/

Answer 10

Because the aorta needs enough pressure to pump the blood throughout the whole body