cardiovascular system - heart

Question 1

what are the two receiving chambers of the heart?

Answer 1

atria

Question 2

what are the two pumping chambers of the heart?

Answer 2

ventricles

Question 3

what does the left side of the heart do?

Answer 3

pumps oxygenated blood to the body

Question 4

what does the right side of the heart do?

Answer 4

pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs to be oxygenated

Question 5

why is the left ventricle thicker than the right ventricle?

Answer 5

it pumps blood to the entire body rather than just the lungs

Question 6

blood always flows from?

Answer 6

atrium to ventricle

Question 7

vena cava

Answer 7

deoxygenated blood

Question 8

aorta

Answer 8

oxygenated blood

Question 9

pulmonary artery

Answer 9

deoxygenated blood

Question 10

pulmonary vein

Answer 10

oxygenated blood

Question 11

what is the function of the vena cava?

Answer 11

carries deoxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium

Question 12

what is the function of the pulmonary artery?

Answer 12

carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs

Question 13

what is the function of the aorta?

Answer 13

carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body

Question 14

what is the function of the pulmonary vein?

Answer 14

carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium

Question 15

left side of the heart?

Answer 15

pumps oxygenated blood

Question 16

right side of the heart?

Answer 16

deoxygenated blood