Question

bell ringer - cardiac blood flow review
name: kayden archer date:
answer the following questions.

1. which heart chamber receives blood from the vena cava?
2. after leaving the right ventricle, where does blood travel next?
3. which chamber pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta?
4. blood returning from the lungs enters which heart chamber first?
5. place these structures in the correct order of blood flow (number 1-4):

___ left ventricle
___ lungs
___ right ventricle
___ left atrium

Explanation:

1. The vena cava carries deoxygenated blood to the right atrium.
2. Blood from the right ventricle goes to the lungs via the pulmonary artery.
3. The left ventricle pumps oxygen-rich blood into the aorta for systemic circulation.
4. Oxygenated blood from the lungs returns to the left atrium first.
5. Blood flows from right ventricle to lungs, then to left atrium, finally to left ventricle.

Answer:

1. Right atrium
2. The lungs (via the pulmonary artery)
3. Left ventricle
4. Left atrium
5. 4 Left ventricle; 2 Lungs; 1 Right ventricle; 3 Left atrium