Science Functions

Question 1

Esophagus

Answer 1

carries food to the stomach

Question 2

Larynx

Answer 2

contains the voicebox

Question 3

Trachea

Answer 3

tube that air travels in towards the lungs

Question 4

Thyroid Gland

Answer 4

produces hormones for metabolism

Question 5

Thymus

Answer 5

where part of the immune system T-cells matures

Question 6

Cranial vena cava

Answer 6

carries deoxygenated blood from upper part of the body to heart
(front)

Question 7

Caudal vena cava

Answer 7

carries deoxygenated blood from lower part of the body to heart (back)

Question 8

Right & Left auricles (atria)

Answer 8

receive blood from outside the heart; contract to pump blood into ventricles

Question 9

Right & Left ventricles

Answer 9

receive blood from the auricles to contract and pump blood to out of the heart

Question 10

Pulmonary artery

Answer 10

Carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs

Question 11

Brachiocephalic artery

Answer 11

carries oxygenated blood from the aorta to the carotid arteries and the right arm

Question 12

Subclavian artery

Answer 12

carries oxygenated blood from the aorta to the left arm

Question 13

Arch of Aorta

Answer 13

carries oxygenated blood from the heart out to the body

Question 14

Lungs

Answer 14

organs where gas exchange occurs between blood and the air