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ANTR 350: Exam 4 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
1. List the heart chambers and major vessels in the order a drop of blood would pass
through them beginning in the superior vena cava and ending in the ascending aorta
Ans✅ ✅: right side of heart:
from superior vena cava (RA)
inferior vena cava (RA)
coronary sinus (RA)
tricuspid valve (atrioventricular) (RV)
pulmonary semilunar valve (RV)
pulmonary trunk
to lungs
left side of heart:
from 4 pulmonary veins (LA)
bicuspid valve (mitral) (LV)
aortic semilunar valve (LV)
to ascending aorta
2. Specify the vessels the drain into the right atrium versus the left atrium
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Ans✅ ✅: right atrium: superior vena cava
left atrium:
4 pulmonary veins (2 left pulm veins, 2 right)
3. Categorize the following heart chambers and great vessels as either containing
high oxygen blood or low oxygen blood: ascending aorta
Ans✅ ✅: low O2:
right atrium
superior vena cava
inferior vena cava
coronary sinus
right ventricle
tricuspid valve
pulmonary semilunar valve
pulmonary trunk (pulmonary arteries)
high O2:
left atrium
4 pulmonary veins
left ventricle
bicuspid valve
aortic semilunar valve
ascending aorta
1. List the heart chambers that contribute to the apex of the heart
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Ans✅ ✅: left ventricle
1. List the heart chambers that contribute to the base of the heart
Ans✅ ✅: left atrium
systemic circulation
Ans✅ ✅: carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body, and returns
deoxygenated blood back to the heart
pulmonary circulation
Ans✅ ✅: carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood to
the heart
5. Categorize the following heart chambers and great vessels as belonging to either
systemic circulation or pulmonary circulation: aorta
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Ans✅ ✅: systemic:
left atrium
left ventricle
aorta
superior vena cava
inferior vena cava
pulmonary:
right atrium
right ventricle
pulmonary veins
pulmonary trunk (pulm arteries)
1. Identify the functions of the cardiovascular system
Ans✅ ✅: Transportation: gases, nutrients, metabolic waste products, ions and
hormones
Clotting factors to prevent fluid loss
Defense (white blood cells, antibodies)
Body temperature regulation: blood transports heat
2. Describe the size and location of the heart
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ANTR 350: Exam 4 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
1. List the heart chambers and major vessels in the order a drop of blood would pass
through them beginning in the superior vena cava and ending in the ascending aorta
Ans✅ ✅: right side of heart:
from superior vena cava (RA)
inferior vena cava (RA)
coronary sinus (RA)
tricuspid valve (atrioventricular) (RV)
pulmonary semilunar valve (RV)
pulmonary trunk
to lungs
left side of heart:
from 4 pulmonary veins (LA)
bicuspid valve (mitral) (LV)
aortic semilunar valve (LV)
to ascending aorta
2. Specify the vessels the drain into the right atrium versus the left atrium
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Ans✅ ✅: right atrium: superior vena cava
left atrium:
4 pulmonary veins (2 left pulm veins, 2 right)
3. Categorize the following heart chambers and great vessels as either containing
high oxygen blood or low oxygen blood: ascending aorta
Ans✅ ✅: low O2:
right atrium
superior vena cava
inferior vena cava
coronary sinus
right ventricle
tricuspid valve
pulmonary semilunar valve
pulmonary trunk (pulmonary arteries)
high O2:
left atrium
4 pulmonary veins
left ventricle
bicuspid valve
aortic semilunar valve
ascending aorta
1. List the heart chambers that contribute to the apex of the heart
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Ans✅ ✅: left ventricle
1. List the heart chambers that contribute to the base of the heart
Ans✅ ✅: left atrium
systemic circulation
Ans✅ ✅: carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body, and returns
deoxygenated blood back to the heart
pulmonary circulation
Ans✅ ✅: carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood to
the heart
5. Categorize the following heart chambers and great vessels as belonging to either
systemic circulation or pulmonary circulation: aorta
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Ans✅ ✅: systemic:
left atrium
left ventricle
aorta
superior vena cava
inferior vena cava
pulmonary:
right atrium
right ventricle
pulmonary veins
pulmonary trunk (pulm arteries)
1. Identify the functions of the cardiovascular system
Ans✅ ✅: Transportation: gases, nutrients, metabolic waste products, ions and
hormones
Clotting factors to prevent fluid loss
Defense (white blood cells, antibodies)
Body temperature regulation: blood transports heat
2. Describe the size and location of the heart
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