Name
Date
Period
DIAGRAM OF THE HEART
1. Label the parts of the heart on the diagram (as labeled on the overhead).
2. Use the words from the following word bank.
3. Trace the flow of blood using the red and blue pencils.
Word bank:
Aorta
Superior Vena Cava
Inferior Vena Cava
Right Atrium
Left Atrium
Right Ventricle
Left Ventricle
Tricuspid Valve
Mitral Valve
Apex
Right Pulmonary Artery
Right Pulmonary Vein
Left Pulmonary Artery
Left Pulmonary Veins
Name
Date
Period
DIAGRAM OF THE HEART
4. Label the parts of the heart on the diagram (as labeled on the overhead).
5. Use the words from the following word bank.
6. Trace the flow of blood using the red and blue pencils.
Word bank:
Aorta
Superior Vena Cava
Inferior Vena Cava
Right Atrium
Left Atrium
Right Ventricle
Left Ventricle
Tricuspid Valve
Mitral Valve
Apex
Right Pulmonary Artery
Right Pulmonary Vein
Left Pulmonary Artery
Left Pulmonary Veins
Name
Date
Period
SHEEP HEART DISSECTION
1. Label the 4 chambers of the heart in order of the path the blood takes. In the table below, describe
what happens in the matching chamber number.
Chamber
What happens in this chamber?
1.
2.
3.
4.
2. Sheep heart has been checked and labeled pins are placed correctly: _________
Teacher initials
3. Describe how the muscle of the heart looks and feels.
4. Where does the aorta lead from (what part of the heart)?
5. Name 2 ways that the aorta and the other vessels leading into and out of the heart are similar
and/or different?
6. When looking at a heart, why is the left side called the right and the right side called the left?
7. How is the circulatory system dependent on the respiratory system and vice versa?
8. How did the aorta feel? How is the aorta’s structure different from the smaller vessels that lie on
the surface of the heart?
9. What is the purpose of the circulatory system?
10.
What did you learn from looking at the sheep heart that you didn’t know before?
Name
Date
Period
SHEEP HEART DISSECTION
1. Label the 4 chambers of the heart in order of the path the blood takes. In the table below, describe
what happens in the matching chamber number.
Chamber
What happens in this chamber?
1.
2.
3.
4.
2. Sheep heart has been checked and labeled pins are placed correctly: _________
Teacher initials
3. Describe how the muscle of the heart looks and feels.
4. Where does the aorta lead from (what part of the heart)?
5. Name 2 ways that the aorta and the other vessels leading into and out of the heart are similar
and/or different?
6. When looking at a heart, why is the left side called the right and the right side called the left?
7. How is the circulatory system dependent on the respiratory system and vice versa?
8. How did the aorta feel? How is the aorta’s structure different from the smaller vessels that lie on
the surface of the heart?
9. What is the purpose of the circulatory system?
10. What did you learn from looking at the sheep heart that you didn’t know before?