Heart and Circulation Test Yourself

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1. Via what vessel does blood enter the heart from the body?

2. Blood passing through the right atrioventricular valve passes into which chamber of the heart?

3. What is the function of the pulmonary valve?


4. Does the pulmonary artery carry deoxygenated or oxygenated blood?

5. The walls of the heart are made of what tissue?

6. Does the aorta carry deoxygenated or oxygenated blood?

7. Does the pulse pass down arteries or veins?

8. Give 2 other differences between arteries and veins

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2.

9. What is systole?


10. Circle the correct answer below.

Blood flows by this route through the blood vessels of the body.
a) heart | veins | capillaries | arteries | heart
b) heart | arteries | capillaries | veins | heart
c) heart | veins | arteries | capillaries | heart
d) heart | capillaries | arteries | veins | heart

11. Name the vessel that carries blood:

from the heart to the main organs of the body:
from the aorta to the brain:
from the aorta to the kidneys:
from the intestines to the liver:
from the aorta to the heart muscle:
from the aorta to the heart muscle:

Heart and Circulation Test Yourself Answers