How Does Blood Flow Through The Heart?

Question 1

1. Oxygen-poor blood from all over you body enters your ____ through two large veins, your ____ and ___.

Answer 1

Right atrium, superior vena cava, inferior vena cava

Question 2

2. Your ___ valve opens to let blood travel from your ____ atrium to your ____ ventricle

Answer 2

Tricuspid, right, right

Question 3

3. When your right ___ is full it squeezes, which close your ____ valve and opens your ____ valve

Answer 3

Ventricle, tricuspid, pulmonary

Question 4

4. Blood flows through your _____ to your ___, where it gets oxygen

Answer 4

Pulmonary artery, lungs

Question 5

5. Oxygen-rich blood travels from your lungs to your left ___ through large veins called pulmonary ___.

Answer 5

Atrium, veins

Question 6

6. Your ___ valve open to send blood from your left ___ to your ___ ventricle.

Answer 6

Mitral, atrium, left

Question 7

7. When your ___ ventricle is full it squeezes, which closes your ___ valve and opens your ___ valve

Answer 7

Left, mitral, aortic

Question 8

8. Our heart sends blood through your ___ valve to your ___, where it flows to the ___.

Answer 8

Aortic, aorta, rest of your body