The Heart

Question 1

heart

Answer 1

• it is made of cardiac muscle
• ## it contracts and shortens

Question 2

Chambers of the Heart

Answer 2

• chambers on top: right atrium, left atrium

- chambers on bottom: right ventricle, left ventricle

Question 3

aorta

Answer 3

• it is the largest artery in the heart,

- it carries blood away from the heart

Question 4

upper vena cava

Answer 4

• it is a veins
• they carry blood towards your heart
• everything from the waste up

Question 5

pacemaker

Answer 5

• the part of an organ or of the body that controls any other rhythmic physiological activity

Question 6

pulmonary arteries

Answer 6

• the artery carrying blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation

Question 7

pulmonary veins

Answer 7

• a vein carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart

Question 8

lower vena cava

Answer 8

• it is a vein
• they carry blood towards your heart
• everything from the waste down

Question 9

septum

Answer 9

• a partition separating two chambers, the chambers of the heart

Question 10

blood

Answer 10

• red: low in oxygen

- blue: high in oxygen