Module 2 - Heart Structure

Question 1

Brief Summary:

Answer 1

• The heart is really 2 separate pumps lying side by side, separated by the septum. (double circulatory system).
• Left side deals with oxygenated blood.
• Right side deals with deoxygenated blood.
• Covered by a tough membrane called the pericardium, which produces pericardial fluid.

Question 2

Septum

Answer 2

-thick dividing wall between the two sides of the heart.

Question 3

Atria

Answer 3

-smaller upper chambers of the heart through which blood enters the ventricles.

Question 4

Aorta

Answer 4

-largest artery carrying oxgenated blood at high pressure.

Question 5

Vena Cava

Answer 5

-largest vein carrying deoxygenated blood.

Question 6

Ventricles

Answer 6

-larger chambers toward the apex of the heart that collect and expel blood received from the atria.