Heart Anatomy/Blood Flow

Front

What is the main function of the heart?

Back

The main function of the heart is to pump blood throughout the body, supplying oxygen and nutrients while removing waste products.

Front

What are the four chambers of the heart?

Back

The four chambers of the heart are the right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle.

Front

What type of blood does the right side of the heart handle?

Back

The right side of the heart handles deoxygenated blood, which is blood that has delivered its oxygen to the body and is returning to the heart.

Front

What type of blood does the left side of the heart handle?

Back

The left side of the heart handles oxygenated blood, which is blood that has picked up oxygen from the lungs.

Front

What is the role of the pulmonary arteries?

Back

The pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs for oxygenation.

Front

What is the role of the pulmonary veins?

Back

The pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.

Front

What is the function of the aorta?

Back

The aorta is the main artery that carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the rest of the body.

Front

What is the function of the vena cava?

Back

The vena cava is a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the body back to the right atrium of the heart.

Front

What is the tricuspid valve?

Back

The tricuspid valve is the valve that controls blood flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle.

Front

What is the mitral valve?

Back

The mitral valve is the valve that controls blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle.