Match the structure with the description.

a. right atrium
b. right ventricle
c. left atrium
d. left ventricle
e. tricuspid valve
f. mitral valve
g. aortic semilunar valve
h. pulmonary semilunar valve
i. aorta
j. pulmonary artery
k. pulmonary vein
l. inferior vena cava


1 _____ Blood passing through the tricuspid valve enters this chamber

2. _____ Valve that prevents blood from falling back into the left ventricle

3. _____ Chamber that pushes blood through the aortic semilunar valve when contracted

4. _____ Valve through which the left ventricle pushes blood into an artery

5. _____ Blood vessel from which blood empties into the right atrium

6. _____ Blood vessel that returns blood to the right atrium

7. _____ Chamber that blood from the pulmonary vein enters

8. _____ Valve that prevents blood from falling back into the right ventricle

9. _____ Valve that blood in the left ventricle passes through

10. _____ Blood vessel into which blood in the right ventricle is pushed

11. _____ Valve that blood in the right ventricle passes through

12. _____ Heart chamber into which blood from the superior vena cava enters


1. b. right ventricle

2. g. aortic semilunar valve

3. d. left ventricle

4. i. aorta

5. l. inferior vena cava

6. k. pulmonary vein

7. c. left atrium

8. h. pulmonary semilunar valve

9. f. mitral valve

10. j. pulmonary artery

11. e. tricuspid valve

12. a. right atrium

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