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Practice – The Heart & Vessels

Bio 1301, Biology I - Durham College

Anatomy of the heart

1. Label the PARTS of the heart diagram below. Remember to include:

superior vena cava left atrium right atrium pulmonary valve tricuspid valve
inferior vena cava right ventricle aorta left ventricle aortic valve
bicuspid valve pulmonary vein pulmonary artery

2. What is the ORDER in which blood flows through the various parts of the heart?
Answer this question by using the word bank below to fill in the blanks:

left atrium tricuspid AV valve right atrium pulmonary vein

pulmonary artery pulmonary SL valve bicuspid AV valve right ventricle
left ventricle aortic SL valve

BODY  Vena cava  __________  __________  __________  __________

 __________  LUNGS  __________  __________  __________ 
__________  __________  aorta  BODY

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3. ORDER the 14 sentences below so that they describe the

path of blood through the heart. If the order that you
choose is correct, the Grinch rhyme will be reordered to
make sense.

Order Portion of blood pathway Grinch Rhyme

10 Blood travels through the bicuspid AV valve The three words

13 Blood exits the heart through the aorta and I quote:

3 Blood travels through the tricuspid AV valve You’re a nasty

4 Blood enters the right ventricle Wasty skunk.

Blood travels through the aortic semilunar
12 are as follows,
valve
Blood travels through the pulmonary
5 Your heart is full of
semilunar valve
Blood from the body enters the heart from
1 You are a foul one
the inferior and superior vena cava
6 Blood travels through the pulmonary artery unwashed socks,
Deoxygenated blood becomes oxygenated in
7 your soul is full of
the lungs
8 Blood travels through the pulmonary vein gunk,
Blood travels to systemic tissues within the
14 stink, stank, stunk!
body
2 Blood enters the right atrium Mr. Grinch.

9 Blood enters the left atrium Mr. Grinch.

11 Blood enters the left ventricle that best describe you

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4. Fill in the blanks:

a. The heart is a pump. The _________ side pumps _________________ blood

to the lungs and the _______________ side pumps __________________
blood to the body

b. The interior of the heart is divided into _______________ chambers. The 2

upper chambers are called ___________________ and the 2 lower chambers
are the ________________________.

c. There are 4 valves in total within the heart. The ____________________

valves prevent backflow into the atria when the ventricles contract, where the
_____________________ valve is on the right side and the
____________________ valve is on the left side. The ______________ valves
prevent backflow into the ventricles from the pulmonary artery and aorta.

d. The ____________________ arteries supply blood to the heart tissue itself.

e. __________________ carry blood toward the heart and most carry

_________________ blood.

f. _____________________ carry blood away from the heart and most carry
___________________ blood

g. The only vein that carries oxygenated blood is the ____________________.

h. _________________________ circulation carries blood to and from the body

tissues

i. ________________________ circulation carries blood to and from the lungs

j. Blood flow through the heart is as follows:

Deoxygenated blood flows through the inferior and superior vena cava into the
__________atrium, through the __________valve into the right __________,
through the __________ valve in the _____________________ to the LUNGS.

Oxygenated blood flows from the lungs through the ____________________

into the __________ atrium, through the __________ valve into the left
__________, through the __________ valve in the __________ to the BODY.

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The Heart Beat

1. The stage during which the ventricles are contracting is known as

_________________. The relaxation period is __________________

2. The heart beats approximately ___________ times per minute. The

__________________ node is referred to as the pacemaker of the heart and causes
the _________ to contract. The ________________ node sends signals down the AV
bundle and Purkinje fibers and causes the ___________ to contract.

3. Draw a diagram that illustrates what the heart looks like during:

a. Diastole

b. Systole

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Blood Vessels

Carries blood Number/names of Other important

towards or away layers information?
from the heart?
Arteries

Arterioles Away Same as arteries; Control blood flow

(small arteries) more smooth through capillaries
muscle by constricting

Capillaries (Middle)

Venules Towards Same as Larger lumen to

(small veins) arteries/veins, but increase blood flow
thinner walls

Veins

Why do arteries have such thick walls?

What do veins have that help them prevent backflow of blood in circulation?

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