ALVAREZ DURAN

PRISCILLA JACQUELINE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 437

EXERCISES
Remember to check your answers carefully with the Answers to Exercises, page 446.

A Match the following structures with their descriptions below.

aorta inferior vena cava superior vena cava
arteriole mitral valve tricuspid valve
atrium pulmonary artery ventricle
capillary pulmonary vein venule
Tricuspid valve
1. valve that lies between the right atrium and the right ventricle _______________________
Capillary
2. smallest blood vessel _______________________
Pulmonary vein
3. carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart _______________________
Aorta
4. largest artery in the body _______________________
Superior vena cava
5. brings oxygen-poor blood into the heart from the upper parts of the body _____________________
Atrium
6. upper chamber of the heart _______________________
Pulmonary artery
7. carries oxygen-poor blood to the lungs from the heart _______________________
Arteriole
8. small artery _______________________
Mitral valve
9. valve that lies between the left atrium and the left ventricle _______________________
Inferior vena cava 11
10. brings blood from the lower half of the body to the heart _______________________
Venule
11. small vein _______________________
Ventricle
12. lower chamber of the heart _______________________

B Trace the path of blood through the heart. Begin as the blood enters the right atrium from the
venae cavae (and include the valves within the heart).
Letf atrium
1. ____________________________________
right atrium 7. ____________________________________
blood flows though the tricuspid valve
2. ____________________________________ Mitral valve
8. ____________________________________
blood goes to the pulmonary artery Aortic valve
3. ____________________________________ 9. ____________________________________
4. Pulmonary artery carries blood to the lungs
____________________________________ Inferior vena cava
10. ____________________________________
Returns to the pulmonary vein pumps blood into rigth atrium
5. ____________________________________ 11. ____________________________________
6. ____________________________________
capillaries of the lung 12. ____________________________________
aorta