Structure of the Heart (Edexcel GCSE Physical Education): Quizzes
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What are the two upper chambers of the heart called?
What are the two upper chambers of the heart called?
Atria
What is the main function of the atria?
What is the main function of the atria?
Receive blood returning to the heart
What are the two lower chambers of the heart called?
What are the two lower chambers of the heart called?
Ventricles
What is the main function of the ventricles?
What is the main function of the ventricles?
Pump blood out of the heart
Where are the atrioventricular (AV) valves located?
Where are the atrioventricular (AV) valves located?
Between the atria and ventricles
Where are the semilunar valves located?
Where are the semilunar valves located?
Between the ventricles and arteries
What type of blood does the vena cava carry and where does it go?
What type of blood does the vena cava carry and where does it go?
Deoxygenated blood to right atrium
What do the pulmonary arteries carry and where?
What do the pulmonary arteries carry and where?
Deoxygenated blood to the lungs
What type of blood do the pulmonary veins carry?
What type of blood do the pulmonary veins carry?
Oxygenated blood
Which blood vessel is the largest artery in the body?
Which blood vessel is the largest artery in the body?
Aorta
What does the aorta carry and from where?
What does the aorta carry and from where?
Oxygenated blood from left ventricle
How many veins make up the vena cava?
How many veins make up the vena cava?
Two (superior and inferior)