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B7.2 Transport in Humans - The Heart

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    Fun way to assess students' understanding on the structure of the heart (IGCSE Combined Science)
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  • How many chambers are there in the heart? Can you name them
    4 - right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium and left ventricle!
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  • Using the letters provided, in which order does blood pass through the chambers as it returns from the lungs during a complete circuit?
    Q > R > P > S! The oxygenated blood will pass through left side first before become deoxygenated and return to right side.
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  • The left ventricle contracts to send blood to the body. What happens to the valves A & B when the ventricle contracts?
    A closes and B opens! A closes to prevent the blood from flowing back to atrium and B opens to allow blood to go out.
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  • Name the structure of the heart that separates the oxygenated and deoxygenated blood.
    Septum of the heart!
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  • The diagram shows the structure of the heart. Which labelled part has the correct function stated?
    D, the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lung.
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  • What is the function of valves in the heart?
    To prevent backflow of the blood
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  • What are X and Y?
    X is the right atrium and Y is the left ventricle!
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  • Which blood vessel is the pulmonary artery?
    A is pulmonary artery. Do you what B, C and D represent?
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