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Can you name the Anatomy of the Heart? Enter a guess in the box below Correctly identified guesses will show up below Note: This view of the heart is like it's in someone else, so right and left are switched. Artwork by Laura Rammé McOmber You've got 4 minutes after you hit the start button.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 3183 Broadway Opening Lines 2551 TV Shows (U.S.) 2502 You Do Know Jack 1124 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1008 Same Last Name 908 And more...
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	Lindsay:	Sep 14th, 2008 at 07:28 GMT	12 points
	The mitral valve is also called the bicuspid valve, and the pulmonary valve can be referred to as the pulmonic valve. Maybe make those alternate answers?

	charlie:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 02:04 GMT	1 point
	Also could add on Purkinje fibers (heartstrings) and maybe sino atrial node?

	pberry:	Jan 13th, 2009 at 02:36 GMT	1 point
	If you're adding heartstrings then make chordae tendineae an alternative answer.

	Vanna:	Jan 20th, 2009 at 21:29 GMT	4 points
	I think the septum would be a beneficial addtion as well.

	James:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 17:41 GMT	2 points
	Purkinje fibers and chordae tendinae are not the same thing. Purkinje fibers are not the heartstrings. They are strands of excitable cardiac cells that are part of the heart's electrical system.

	Etheridge2:	Feb 16th, 2009 at 18:30 GMT	-3 points
	Also the superior and inferior vena cava are often referred to us upper and lower vena cava

	A_is_for_Addict:	Feb 25th, 2009 at 21:48 GMT	4 points
	This quiz is missing two fundamentally important features - the aortic valve (can't be seen) and the pulmonary veins (clearly visible). It would be good to include the chordae tendineae. I've never heard them referred to as upper or lower vena cava, is that an American thing?

	James:	Mar 6th, 2009 at 22:09 GMT	5 points
	I work in the Cardiology field in the US and have never heard the IVC and SVC referred to as the upper and lower venae cavae.

	samedi_kat:	Mar 9th, 2009 at 20:19 GMT	-1 points
	What about the anterior and posterior? That is how I learned it. And I'm no expert (clearly) but it makes more sense than superior and inferior.

	24601:	Mar 16th, 2009 at 01:59 GMT	2 points
	I second the addition of the septum.

	resbowen:	Mar 21st, 2009 at 00:12 GMT	2 points
	i have only heard of the vena cavas referred to as the cranial and caudal vena cavas. Additionally, one could include semilunar valve as an answer for the pulmonic valve. Chordae tendonae would be a nice alternative answer. You could also add the brachiocephalic trunk, that first branching off the aorta.

	pbrown:	Apr 6th, 2009 at 05:24 GMT	-1 points
	could not remember how to spell aorta

	CptGutz:	Apr 28th, 2009 at 18:20 GMT	1 point
	I agree, chordae tendineae should be an alternative answer. And also, aortic arch should be accepted for aorta.

	Pat423:	May 24th, 2009 at 08:55 GMT	3 points
	Why isn't pulmonary vein an answer, if the vena cavae are?

	Pat423:	May 25th, 2009 at 05:11 GMT	4 points
	@pbrown: Which part of the word gave you trouble, a or ta? =P

	Danielle :	May 27th, 2009 at 20:37 GMT	2 points
	Its ridiculous the pulmonary valve and semilunar valves are the same thing but semilunars are not accepted. Also, it is only superior and inferior in humans, it is known as caudal and cranial in animal anatomy.

	redfire389:	Jun 12th, 2009 at 14:56 GMT	1 point
	I was all the time trying to type right auricle and left auricle. O_O Is it that crazy or can they be said like that too? I'm spanish and I called it auricula. Anyway, add the pulmonary veins too

	A_is_for_Addict:	Jun 15th, 2009 at 01:33 GMT	2 points
	I don't understand what people are suggesting that chordae tendineae is an alternative answer for. If you're suggesting papillary muscles then they aren't the same thing. The chordae tendineae are tendons connecting the papillary muscles to the atrioventricular valves. If you're suggesting "chordae tendineae" is an alternative to "heart strings" then that's correct, but the heart strings don't appear in this quiz so they would need to add them to add chordae tendineae as an alternative.

	A_is_for_Addict:	Jun 15th, 2009 at 01:45 GMT	1 point
	The auricles are flaps on the surface of the heart. They are attached to the atria (which I assume you were trying to guess with "auricle"). In English it's most definitely left and right atrium. I think the old way of saying atrium was auricle though, but that's not used anymore.

	kevmurph55:	Jul 18th, 2009 at 04:20 GMT	1 point
	i know nothing about the human body. i dont even like science. this was my first science quiz. i think i should stick with gaming and sports.

	jf1hoops:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 00:29 GMT	1 point
	I had to rack my brain for my Health/Wellness class knowledge from freshman year of high school.

	KB09Gamecock:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 20:10 GMT	0 points
	shouldn't it be Pulmonary Semilunar Valve?

	ruben:	Nov 6th, 2009 at 18:07 GMT	1 point
	i really don't think this is appropriate.