BIO 211 HEART ANATOMY LAB VIA VISIBLE BODY:
Labeling and Questions: 0.66 points for each correct label and question answer
1. Open the Visible Body Website.
2. On the left-hand menu, click on My Apps.
3. Click on the Anatomy and Physiology App.
4. In the left-hand menu click “27-30 Circulatory System”.
5. Click “29 Heart”.
6. Click “Section 29.1 Heart Overview”.
7. Watch the video/read the text and answer the following questions.
7a. The heart functions as a: muscular organ that functions as a double pump to control blood
flow.
7b. The heart weighs approximately how many grams? 300 grams
7c. How many chambers make up the heart? 4
7d. The heart works to pump what type of blood throughout the body? Oxygenated
7e. The heart works to pump what type of blood to the lungs? Deoxygenated
7f. A healthy heart beats approximately how many times a minute? 60-70
7g. Name the sac that encloses the heart. Pericardium
8. Click the Menu button in the upper right-hand side of the screen.
9. Click 29.2 Location of the Heart in the Thoracic Cavity. You should be viewing the picture on
the next page. Identify the heart, lungs, and diaphragm.
, 1. (the organ)
LUNG
2. (the organ)
HEART
3. DIAPHRAGM
10. Click on “Heart” in the left-hand menu. Click the “book” icon and answer the following
questions (scroll down inside the text to view more information)
10a. The heart is located in three cavities. Name them from the most general to the most
specific. You will need to figure this out from information in your PowerPoint.
o 1. VENTRAL CAVITY
o 2. THORACIC CAVITY(MEDIASTINUM)
o 3. PERICARDIAL CAVITY
10b. Name the three layers of the heart wall from superficial to deep.
o 1. EPICARDIUM
o 2. MYOCARDIUM
o 3. ENDOCARDOUM
10c. Venous blood enters which side of the heart? RIGHT- ENTERS THE RIGHT ATRIUM
FROM SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR VENA CAVA
10d. That blood is ultimately heading for the: LUNGS
, 10e. Oxygenated blood coming from the lungs enters which side of the heart?
LEFT- LEFT ATRIUM
10f. That blood is ultimately heading for the: AORTA TO THE REST OF THE BODY
11. Click on “Lungs” in the left-hand menu to highlight them. Then click “hide” at the bottom,
to remove them from the view. Answer the following questions.
11a. True or False: The heart is dead center in the middle of the body (Highlight or circle your
answer). FALSE
11b. The bottom tip of the heart appears to tilt towards what side?
THE APEX TILTS TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE.
12. Note the large blood vessels entering and exiting the heart at its base (the top). Click on
the vessels to identify these and highlight them here when you do.
- Superior vena cava
- Aorta (base)
- Aorta (Arch)
- Pulmonary trunk (base)
- Pulmonary Trunk
- Left Pulmonary Arteries
- Right Pulmonary Arteries
13. Rotate the heart so you are now viewing it posteriorly. Click on the vessels until you can
locate the Left and Right Pulmonary Veins. When you can, highlight them here.
- Right pulmonary vein
- Left pulmonary vein
14. Click the menu button in the top right-hand menu.
15. Click “Section 29.5 Heart Wall”.
16. Watch the video and answer the following questions.
16a. What is the epicardium *also* known as? VISCERAL PERICARDIUM. (THE
OUTERMOST LATER OF THE HEART AND FORMS THE INNER LAYER OF THE PERICARDIAL
SAC.
16b. Which layer of the heart performs the pumping? MYOCARDIUM
16c. The endocardium lines what structures?
o 1. THE ATRIA (LEFT AND RIGHT)
o 2. THE VENTRICLES (LEFT AND RIGHT)
o 3. THE HEART VALVES (TRICUSPID, PULMONARY, MITRAL, AND AORTIC)
16d. The endocardium is continuous with the: ENDOTHELIUM OF THE BLOOD VESSELS,
INCLUDING THE ARTERIES, VEINS, AND CAPILLARIES. THIS CINTINUITY ENSURES A
Labeling and Questions: 0.66 points for each correct label and question answer
1. Open the Visible Body Website.
2. On the left-hand menu, click on My Apps.
3. Click on the Anatomy and Physiology App.
4. In the left-hand menu click “27-30 Circulatory System”.
5. Click “29 Heart”.
6. Click “Section 29.1 Heart Overview”.
7. Watch the video/read the text and answer the following questions.
7a. The heart functions as a: muscular organ that functions as a double pump to control blood
flow.
7b. The heart weighs approximately how many grams? 300 grams
7c. How many chambers make up the heart? 4
7d. The heart works to pump what type of blood throughout the body? Oxygenated
7e. The heart works to pump what type of blood to the lungs? Deoxygenated
7f. A healthy heart beats approximately how many times a minute? 60-70
7g. Name the sac that encloses the heart. Pericardium
8. Click the Menu button in the upper right-hand side of the screen.
9. Click 29.2 Location of the Heart in the Thoracic Cavity. You should be viewing the picture on
the next page. Identify the heart, lungs, and diaphragm.
, 1. (the organ)
LUNG
2. (the organ)
HEART
3. DIAPHRAGM
10. Click on “Heart” in the left-hand menu. Click the “book” icon and answer the following
questions (scroll down inside the text to view more information)
10a. The heart is located in three cavities. Name them from the most general to the most
specific. You will need to figure this out from information in your PowerPoint.
o 1. VENTRAL CAVITY
o 2. THORACIC CAVITY(MEDIASTINUM)
o 3. PERICARDIAL CAVITY
10b. Name the three layers of the heart wall from superficial to deep.
o 1. EPICARDIUM
o 2. MYOCARDIUM
o 3. ENDOCARDOUM
10c. Venous blood enters which side of the heart? RIGHT- ENTERS THE RIGHT ATRIUM
FROM SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR VENA CAVA
10d. That blood is ultimately heading for the: LUNGS
, 10e. Oxygenated blood coming from the lungs enters which side of the heart?
LEFT- LEFT ATRIUM
10f. That blood is ultimately heading for the: AORTA TO THE REST OF THE BODY
11. Click on “Lungs” in the left-hand menu to highlight them. Then click “hide” at the bottom,
to remove them from the view. Answer the following questions.
11a. True or False: The heart is dead center in the middle of the body (Highlight or circle your
answer). FALSE
11b. The bottom tip of the heart appears to tilt towards what side?
THE APEX TILTS TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE.
12. Note the large blood vessels entering and exiting the heart at its base (the top). Click on
the vessels to identify these and highlight them here when you do.
- Superior vena cava
- Aorta (base)
- Aorta (Arch)
- Pulmonary trunk (base)
- Pulmonary Trunk
- Left Pulmonary Arteries
- Right Pulmonary Arteries
13. Rotate the heart so you are now viewing it posteriorly. Click on the vessels until you can
locate the Left and Right Pulmonary Veins. When you can, highlight them here.
- Right pulmonary vein
- Left pulmonary vein
14. Click the menu button in the top right-hand menu.
15. Click “Section 29.5 Heart Wall”.
16. Watch the video and answer the following questions.
16a. What is the epicardium *also* known as? VISCERAL PERICARDIUM. (THE
OUTERMOST LATER OF THE HEART AND FORMS THE INNER LAYER OF THE PERICARDIAL
SAC.
16b. Which layer of the heart performs the pumping? MYOCARDIUM
16c. The endocardium lines what structures?
o 1. THE ATRIA (LEFT AND RIGHT)
o 2. THE VENTRICLES (LEFT AND RIGHT)
o 3. THE HEART VALVES (TRICUSPID, PULMONARY, MITRAL, AND AORTIC)
16d. The endocardium is continuous with the: ENDOTHELIUM OF THE BLOOD VESSELS,
INCLUDING THE ARTERIES, VEINS, AND CAPILLARIES. THIS CINTINUITY ENSURES A
