The lowest pressure in the systemic circuit occurs in the:
a. Arteries
b. Arterioles
c. Capillaries
d. Venules
e. Veins

More than one choice may apply.

Pulmonary veins deliver freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs to the

a. right ventricle

b. left ventricle

c. right atrium

d. left atrium

TThe great cardiac vein drains blood from the heart muscle to the:

(a) Left ventricle

(b) Right ventricle

(c) Right atrium

(d) Left atrium

Match the following terms with the correct definition.

____ Auricle      

____ Aorta      

____ Coronary sinus       

____ Papillary muscle      

____ Fossa ovalis     

____ Pectinate muscle      

____ Venae cavae      

____ Pulmonary trunk      

____ Chordae tendineae      

____ Pulmonary veins 

a. Drainage point for the coronary veins

b. Extensions that attach papillary muscles to valves

c. Remnant of a hole present in the fetal interatrial septum

d. Two largest veins of the systemic circuit

e. Flaplike extension from the right or left atrium

f. Finger-like projections of ventricular muscle

g. Main artery of the pulmonary circuit

h. Veins that drain the pulmonary circuit

i. Largest artery of the systemic circuit

j. Ridges of muscle in the atria

Mark the following statements as true or false. If a statement is false, correct it to make a true statement.

Arteries always carry oxygenated blood away from the heart, and veins always carry deoxygenated blood toward the heart.