PSIO Practical 202 - Cardiovascular System
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Terms in this set (56) QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. blood vessels that carry blood from the heart arteries
2. blood vessels that carry blood to the the heart veins
3. How many chambers of the heart? 4 chambers and is divided into
What are they? right and left sides:
What do the atria contain? 2 atrium (upper chambers)
2 ventricles (lower chambers)
Atria have pouch-like
extensions called auricles
4. the inferior pointed end of the left ventricle and apex of the heart
is located on the 5th intercostal space
5. formed by the right and left atria, faces the base of the heart
right shoulder while the apex points to the left
hip
, 6. grooves that externally mark the boundaries sulci
between the four heart chambers and contain
coronary blood vessels and adipose tissue
7. a deep sulcus that externally shows the coronary sulcus
separation of the atria and the ventricles
8. shallow grooves (2) that depict the surface anterior interventricular sulcus
boundaries between the two ventricles posterior interventricular sulcus
9. What do the great vessels of the heart do? Either return blood to the atria
or carry blood away from the
ventricles
10. Which great vessels return oxygen-poor blood superior vena cava
to the right atrium? inferior vena cava
coronary sinus
11. Vessel that returns blood from the head, neck superior vena cava
and arms
12. returns blood from the body inferior to the inferior vena cava
heart
13. a smaller vein that returns blood from the coronary sinus
coronary circulation
14. the only vessel that removes blood from the pulmonary trunk
right ventricle
15. Pulmonary trunk divides into two arteries left and right pulmonary arteries
which carry blood to the lungs where it
Updated 2025 Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions| Graded A+
Terms in this set (56) QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. blood vessels that carry blood from the heart arteries
2. blood vessels that carry blood to the the heart veins
3. How many chambers of the heart? 4 chambers and is divided into
What are they? right and left sides:
What do the atria contain? 2 atrium (upper chambers)
2 ventricles (lower chambers)
Atria have pouch-like
extensions called auricles
4. the inferior pointed end of the left ventricle and apex of the heart
is located on the 5th intercostal space
5. formed by the right and left atria, faces the base of the heart
right shoulder while the apex points to the left
hip
, 6. grooves that externally mark the boundaries sulci
between the four heart chambers and contain
coronary blood vessels and adipose tissue
7. a deep sulcus that externally shows the coronary sulcus
separation of the atria and the ventricles
8. shallow grooves (2) that depict the surface anterior interventricular sulcus
boundaries between the two ventricles posterior interventricular sulcus
9. What do the great vessels of the heart do? Either return blood to the atria
or carry blood away from the
ventricles
10. Which great vessels return oxygen-poor blood superior vena cava
to the right atrium? inferior vena cava
coronary sinus
11. Vessel that returns blood from the head, neck superior vena cava
and arms
12. returns blood from the body inferior to the inferior vena cava
heart
13. a smaller vein that returns blood from the coronary sinus
coronary circulation
14. the only vessel that removes blood from the pulmonary trunk
right ventricle
15. Pulmonary trunk divides into two arteries left and right pulmonary arteries
which carry blood to the lungs where it
