William Harvey - circulation

William Harvey, born in 1578, studied medicine at Cambridge and Padua, and worked as a doctor in London. He is renowned for his 1628 publication on the motion of the heart and blood in animals, which established the concept of blood circulation. Harvey demonstrated that blood circulates around the body with the heart acting as a pump, refuting Galen's theory that blood was continuously produced by the liver. He showed that blood is carried away from the heart in arteries and returns in veins.

Where did William Harvey study medicine?

• Oxford and Paris

• Yale and Florence

• Cambridge and Padua

• Harvard and Rome

What is William Harvey most famous for?

• His theory of evolution

• His discovery of penicillin

• His work on the nervous system

• His publication on the motion of the heart and blood

What did Harvey prove about blood circulation?

• Blood is static in the body

• Blood is only present in the heart

• Blood is created in the brain

• Blood flows in a continuous loop

What was Galen's Theory regarding blood?

• Blood is stored in the lungs

• Blood is continuously made by the liver

• Blood is created by the kidneys

• Blood is produced by the heart

According to Harvey, how does blood travel in the body?

• Through nerves and muscles

• Via the skin and bones

• In arteries away from the heart and in veins back to the heart

• Through the digestive system