Transport in animals

Question 1

Define Heart

Answer 1

A pump that circulates blood through blood vessels

Question 2

Define arteries

Answer 2

Blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to other organs rather than lungs

Question 3

Define veins

Answer 3

Blood vessel that carry deoxygenated blood towards the heart, with the exception of the pulmonary vein

Question 4

Define capillaries

Answer 4

the smallest blood vessels in the body, connecting the smallest arteries to the smallest veins

Question 5

Define semi-lunar valves

Answer 5

pocketlike structures attached at the point at which the pulmonary artery and the aorta leave the ventricles

Question 6

Does mammals have single circulation or double circulation?

Answer 6

Double circulation

Question 7

Does fishes have single circulation or double circulation?

Answer 7

Single circulation

Question 8

How many muscular pumps is the heart made out of?

Answer 8

2

Question 9

How is the 2 muscular pumps separated by?

Answer 9

A septum

Question 10

Where does the blood from vena cava go to?

Answer 10

the lungs

Question 11

Where does the blood from the semilunar valves go to?

Answer 11

the whole body

Question 12

Does arteries have thicker walls than veins?

Answer 12

Yes