Name:___________________________________________
Cardiovascular System 101
A. Heart Size and Location
a. The heart is a hollow, muscular organ about the size of ___________________________
b. It is located in the ___________________________, which is the area in the center of
the chest, under the sternum
c. The heart acts as a _________________________________________, moving
deoxygenated blood to the lungs and oxygenated blood to the body
B. Layers of the Heart
a. The _______________________ is the _________________________ that surrounds
the heart.
b. The _______________________________ is the thin, protective outer layer of the
heart, composed of _________________________________.
c. The _______________________ is the thick, middle, ___________________________
layer
i. The myocardium performs the powerful pumping action
(_____________________) of the heart
d. The _____________________________ is the thin, smooth inner lining
C. Chambers of the Heart
a. The heart is divided into _________________________________
i. right atrium
ii. left atrium
iii. right ventricle
iv. left ventricle
b. The _________________ (plural) are
the small top chambers of the heart.
c. An
__________________(singular) is one of the top chambers of the heart.
d. There is a right atrium and a left atrium.
i. The _________________________receives _____________________ blood
from the superior and inferior vena cava.
ii. The _______________________ receives ______________________ blood from
the lungs via the pulmonary veins.
e. The ___________________________ are the large lower chambers of the heart.
f. There is a right ventricle and a left ventricle.
i. The ___________________________________ receives blood from the
__________________________ via the __________________________.
ii. The _____________________________ receives blood from the
_______________________ via the ___________________________________.
iii. The ___________________________ is the largest, strongest chamber and is
considered the “___________________________” of the heart.
D. Valves
a. The heart contains _____________________________ which keeps the blood flowing in
____________________________.
b. __________________________________________: The pulmonary semilunar valve is
between the _______________________ and the pulmonary artery.
c. The ___________________________________ is between the left ventricle and the
_________________.
d. ___________________________________valves are between an atrium and a ventricle.
i. The ______________________________ is between the right atrium and the
right ventricle.
ii. The ______________________________ is between the left atrium and the left
ventricle.
E. Types of Blood Vessels
a. __________________________ are blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart.
b. __________________________are small veins.
c. __________________________ are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
d. __________________________ are small arteries
e. __________________________ are the
________________________blood vessels.
i. Capillaries connect __________________________,
and they are the exchange
site for oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and
other substances that travel
through the blood.
F. Major Blood Vessels
a. The ____________________________________ is one of the largest _____________ in
the body.
i. It carries __________________________________ from the upper half of the
body to the right atrium of the heart.
b. The ______________________________ is also one of the largest veins in the body.
i. It carries ____________________________________ from the lower half of the
body toward the right atrium of the heart.
c. _____________________________ is a medical term that refers to the _____________.
d. The ______________________________________ are arteries that carry deoxygenated
blood __________________ from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
e. There are right and left pulmonary arteries.
f. The _________________________________ are veins that carry newly
______________________ blood from the lungs toward the left atrium of the heart.
g. The ______________________ is the __________________________ in the body.
h. The aorta carries oxygenated blood coming from the left ventricle of the heart to the
body.
