2.69 Circulatory system

Question 1

What does the hepatic artery do?

Answer 1

Carries oxygenated blood to the liver

Question 2

What does the mesenteric artery do?

Answer 2

Carries oxygenated blood to the gut

Question 3

What does the hepatic portal vein do?

Answer 3

Carries deoxygenated blood from the gut to the liver

Question 4

What does the renal artery do?

Answer 4

Carries oxygenated blood to the kidneys

Question 5

What does the renal vein do?

Answer 5

Carries deoxygenated blood away from the kidneys

Question 6

What does the hepatic vein do?

Answer 6

Carries deoxygenated blood away from the liver

Question 7

What does the Vena Cava do?

Answer 7

It is the main vein that brings deoxygenated blood back to the heart from the rest of the body

Question 8

What does the Aorta do?

Answer 8

It is the main vein that brings oxygenated blood to the rest of the body from the heart

Question 9

What does the pulmonary artery do?

Answer 9

Brings deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs to get reoxygenated

Question 10

What does the pulmonary vein do?

Answer 10

Brings oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart to get pumped to the body