Heart Guided Notes

External Heart Anatomy

The diagram below shows an external view of the mammalian heart.

Being able to draw and make quick sketches is an important part of learning
anatomy/physiology/medical science. In your notebook, make a rough sketch of the heart and label
the following parts:

● Right atrium
● Left atrium
● Right ventricle
● Left ventricle
● Aorta
● Inferior vena cava
● Pulmonary artery
● Coronary artery
● Superior vena cava

Insert a picture of your heart in the box below:

Heart Cross Section

The diagram below shows a section through the heart seen from the same direction as the external
view in question 1.
In your notebook, make a rough sketch of the heart and label the parts below. On the diagram of the
heart shown above i​ ndicate the direction of blood flow through the heart.​ Use red to show the
pathway of oxygen-rich blood and blue the pathway of oxygen-poor blood.
● right atrium
● left atrium
● right ventricle
● left ventricle
● inferior vena cava
● superior vena cava, aorta
● pulmonary artery
● pulmonary vein
● tricuspid valve
● mitral valve

Insert a picture of your heart in the box below:

Choose terms from the list to complete the sentences below.

● atria,
● right-hand side
● vena cava
● ventricles
● valves
● pulmonary artery
● veins, arteries
● left-hand side
● aorta
● coronary artery

1. The top two chambers of the heart are called ____atria________

2. These structures stop blood flowing backwards into the atria. ____valves_________
3. This side of the heart receives oxygenated blood. ______Left hand side________
4. This is the largest artery in the body. _____Aorta_________
5. These are blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart. ____Veins___________
6. This blood vessel supplies the heart muscle with oxygenated blood. ____Coronary
Artery___________

7. Fill in the name of the blood vessel in the table below.

Towards or
Name of blood Walls
Blood? away from
vessel ?
heart

Pulmonary vein Oxygenated Thin Towards

Aorta Oxygenated Thick Away from

Deoxygenat
Pulmonary artery Thick Away from
ed

Deoxygenat
Vena cava Thin Towards
ed

8. Arrange these events in the correct order starting with F.

F. Deoxygenated blood flows from the caudal and cranial vena cavae into the right atrium.
H. The right atrium contracts
B. The blood flows through the right atrioventricular valve into the right ventricle.
I. The right ventricle contracts and blood flows along the pulmonary artery to the lungs
G. The deoxygenated blood picks up oxygen
C. Oxygenated blood flows along the pulmonary veins into the left atrium
E. The left atrium contracts
D. The blood passes through the left atrioventricular valve into the left ventricle
A. The left ventricle contracts and blood flows along the aorta to the body