During the Heart Dissection Lab, You Are Supposed to Cut

question 14

Multiple Choice

During the heart dissection lab, you are supposed to cut the wall of right ventricle first. But you get a little disoriented how to properly position a heart on your table. Nevertheless you make the cut and open the heart. Of the following, which is the best way to recognize that you are in the correct ventricle?

• A) The walls of the ventricle I opened are thick.
• B) There are four holes leading to this chamber with no valves.
• C) The valve inside the chamber I opened has three flaps.
• D) There is no valve where the large blood vessels attach.

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