What is the name of the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart in a frog?
- Pulmonary vein
- Vena cava
- Aorta
- Pulmonary artery
Answer
(2) Vena cava
Solution
In the frog, the venae cavae bring deoxygenated blood from the body into the sinus venosus, which opens into the right atrium.
The pulmonary veins, by contrast, bring oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium, and the aorta and pulmonary artery carry blood away from the heart.
∴ The blood vessel is the vena cava.
Answer: (2)