Human Cardiovascular System Anatomy

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Which heart chamber receives oxygenated blood from the four pulmonary veins?

  • Right Atrium
  • Right Ventricle
  • Left Ventricle
  • Left Atrium (correct)

What is the function of the left ventricle in the heart?

  • Pumps blood into the pulmonary artery
  • Forms the posterior surface of the heart
  • Pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta (correct)
  • Receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium

Which valve guards the left atrioventricular orifice?

  • Aortic Valve
  • Pulmonary Valve
  • Tricuspid Valve
  • Mitral Valve (correct)

Which heart chamber forms the majority of the anterior surface of the heart?

<p>Right Ventricle (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What separates the inflow and outflow portions of the right ventricle?

<p>Supraventricular Crest (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What gives the interior of the inflow part of the right ventricle a 'sponge-like' appearance?

<p>Trabeculae Carneae (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which vessel receives deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle and delivers it to the lungs for gas exchange?

<p>Pulmonary trunk (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which artery bifurcates into two branches to supply each lobe of the left lung?

<p>Right pulmonary artery (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which veins receive oxygenated blood from the lungs and deliver it to the left side of the heart?

<p>Pulmonary veins (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which artery is responsible for supplying blood to the head, neck, and upper limbs?

<p>Left common carotid artery (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does the aorta become the descending aorta after branching off major arteries to the head, neck, and upper limbs?

<p>Through the diaphragm into the abdomen (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

At what level does the pulmonary trunk split into right and left pulmonary arteries?

<p>T5-T6 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which vein returns blood from the upper lobes of the lung?

<p>Superior pulmonary vein (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where is the inferior left pulmonary vein typically located?

<p>At the hilum of the lung (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What structure is formed by the merging of the brachiocephalic veins?

<p>Superior vena cava (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which vessel receives deoxygenated blood from all structures inferior to the diaphragm?

<p>Inferior vena cava (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does the inferior vena cava initially form in the body?

<p>In the pelvis by common iliac veins joining together (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which vessel delivers deoxygenated blood to the right atrium?

<p>Superior vena cava (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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