the heart

• what is the aorta

  the largest artery in the body that transports blood from the heart to the body
• What is the vena cava?


  two veins that carry deoxygenated blood to the heart from the upper and lower parts of the body
• what is the pulmonary artery


  transports blood from the heart to the lungs to become oxygenated
• what is the pulmonary vein


  this transports oxygenated blood to the heart from the lungs
• what is the coronary arteries


  Smaller arteries that supply the blood to the heart
• what are the coronary veins


  small veins that remove deoxygenated blood from the cardiac muscle