The parts of the heart

Question 1

What is the Aorta?

Answer 1

Oxygen rich blood is pumped out of the left ventricle and into the body
via the aorta. It quickly branches off into other arteries that travel through
your entire body.

Question 2

What is the Superior Vena Cava?

Answer 2

The superior vena cava
is a vein that carries
deoxygenated blood (blood
that has passed on its oxygen
to other organs) from the
upper half of the body to the
heart.

Question 3

What is the right Atrium?

Answer 3

When deoxygenated blood returns to the
heart, the right atrium is the first place that it
goes.

Question 4

What is the right Ventricle?

Answer 4

The right ventricle is fi lled with blood from
the right atrium. It needs to be saturated
with oxygen again, and the right ventricle
is responsible for contracting and pumping
blood towards the lungs.

Question 5

What is the Inferior Vena Cava?

Answer 5

The inferior Vena Cava
is a vein that carries
deoxygenated blood from the
lower half of the body to the
heart.

Question 6

What is the Pulmonary Artery (left)?

Answer 6

When blood is pumped out of the right ventricle, it
travels along the pulmonary artery to the lungs where
it can pick up more oxygen.

Question 7

What is the Pulmonary Veins (left)?

Answer 7

The pulmonary veins transfer oxygenated blood from
the lungs into the heart. The blood is then passed into
the left atrium.

Question 8

What is the left Atrium?

Answer 8

Freshly oxygenated blood (blood that has been
saturated with oxygen) travels from the lungs and
into the left atrium.

Question 9

What is the left Ventricle?

Answer 9

The body needs oxygenated blood to fuel cells
and keep the body alive. The left ventricle
is responsible for contracting and pumping
blood from the left atrium out into the body.