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Cardiovascular Study Guide
Identify the following structures. Color the
structures that carry oxygen-rich blood RED and
oxygen-poor blood BLUE. Draw arrows to show the
path of blood through the heart.
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_____ Left ventricle
_____ Right ventricle
_____ Left atrium
_____ Right atrium
_____ Aorta
_____ Pulmonary vein
_____ Pulmonary artery
_____ Superior vena cava
_____ Inferior vena cava
_____ Tricuspid valve
_____ Bicuspid valve
_____ Pulmonary semilunar valve
_____ Aortic semilunar valve
ANATOMY OF THE HEART
1. The _____________________ (atria or ventricle) receives blood from the body or lungs, while the
_____________________________ (atria or ventricles) pump out blood to the body and lungs.
2. List the 2 chambers and 2 vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood.
3. List the 2 chambers and 2 vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood.
4. What is the function of your heart valves?
5. Where is the SA Node located?
6. The SA Node is also known as the heart’s ________________________________.
7. What causes the heart sounds (lup/dup sound)?
CIRCULATION OF BLOOD
8. Write oxygenated or deoxygenated next to the following structures:
a. Right atria & ventricle ____________________________________
b. Vena cava
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c. Aorta
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d. Pulmonary vein
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e. Left atria & ventricle ____________________________________
f. Pulmonary artery
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9. Describe where the blood flows from the valves by writing body cells, lungs or heart next to the structure.
a. Blood from the aorta goes to the
________________________
b. Blood from the pulmonary vein goes to the
________________________
c. Blood from the pulmonary artery goes to the ________________________
d. The vena cava receives blood from the
________________________
10. Write the correct sequence (1-8) when tracing the path blood travels from the body cells to the lungs.
a. _______ right ventricle
e. _______ pulmonary valve
b. _______ tricuspid valve
f. _______ right atria
c. _______ lungs
g. _______ pulmonary artery
d. __1____ body cells
h. _______ vena cava
BLOOD VESSELS
11. Write arteries, capillaries, or veins next to the correct description.
a. ______________________ carries blood towards the heart
b. ______________________ smallest and most abundant blood vessel
c. ______________________ carries blood away from the heart
d. ______________________ where gas exchange occurs
e. ______________________ has the greatest blood pressure
f. ______________________ where veins and arteries connect
BLOOD
12. List the function of blood.
13. Write the function of the following blood cells:
BLOOD CELLS
FUNCTION
Erythrocytes (RBC)
LEUKOCYTES (WBC)
Platelets
14. Which blood cell (from table above) is the most abundant in the body?
15. Hemoglobin is an iron-containing protein found in ______________________________.
16. When a person has an infection, the number of ________________________________ (which blood cell)
increases.
DISORDERS
17. Another name for high blood pressure is ____________________________.
18. What is atherosclerosis?
19. What is tachycardia?
20. Using the word bank, match the term with the correct description. (leukocytes, septum, ventricles, 70-80, atrium,
myocardium, tricuspid)
a. ________________________ average adult heartbeat in beats per minute (BPM)
b. ________________________ valve found between right atrium and right ventricle.
c. ________________________ upper chambers of the heart
d. ________________________ lower chambers of the heart
e. ________________________ separates the right atria & ventricle from the left atria & ventricle
preventing the O2-rich blood from mixing with O2-poor blood
f. ________________________ white blood cells
g. ________________________ also known as the heart muscle (hint: root words for muscle + heart)
BONUS QUESTION:
21. A patient comes in to see a doctor. They complain of shortness of breathe; after looking at their blood under
the microscope. What do you think they will see?