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CAIE IGCSE Biology 9.3.3 Main Blood Vessels

Practise naming the arteries and veins serving the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys from diagrams and flow clues.

Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Biology 0610

Exam points

  • identify aorta, vena cava, pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein at the heart and lungs
  • identify renal artery and renal vein and hepatic artery, hepatic vein and hepatic portal vein
  • use direction and oxygenation carefully because pulmonary and hepatic portal vessels are common exceptions

9.3.3—Main blood vessels question 1

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Fig. 3.1 is a diagram of alveoli and associated blood vessels.

Fig. 3.1

Fig. 3.1

State the name of the blood vessel that transports blood from the heart towards the capillaries in the lungs.

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