Circulatory System

Question 1

Artery

Answer 1

Anatomy a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body

Question 2

Vein

Answer 2

One of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart

Question 3

Capillary

Answer 3

Anatomy one of the minute blood vessels between the terminations of the arteries and the beginnings of the veins

Question 4

Heart

Answer 4

Anatomy a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood via the aorta throughout the body