Pulmonary and Systemic Circulation

When blood enters the right atrium, where is it coming from?

• The body

• Left ventricle

• Right Atrium

• Lungs

Deoxygenated blood from the superior portion of the body enters the right atrium through the

• inferior vena cava

• superior vena cava

• aorta

• pulmonary trunk

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Deoxygenated blood from the inferior portion of the body enters the right atrium through the

• inferior vena cava

• superior vena cava

• pulmonary veins

• aorta

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Deoxygenated blood enters the ______ atrium.

• Right

• Left

What valve will deoxygenated blood pass through as it leaves the right atrium?

• tricuspid

• bicuspid

• aortic semilunar

• pulmonary semilunar

What chamber of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs?

• right atrium

• right ventricle

• left atrium

• left ventricle

How does deoxygenated blood get to the lungs from the right ventricle?

• pulmonary veins

• pulmonary arteries

• brachiocephalic artery

• aorta

Oxygenated blood is carried from the lungs to the ______.

• right atrium

• right ventricle

• left atrium

• left ventricle

Oxygenated blood is carried from the lungs to the left atrium by the ____.

• pulmonary veins

• pulmonary arteries

• aorta

• vena cava

Oxygenated blood in the left atrium must pass through what valve to get to the left ventricle?

• tricuspid

• bicuspid

• pulmonary semilunar

• aortic semilunar