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.
⇒ Pulmonary veins bring oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium.
⇒ The aorta and pulmonary artery carry blood away from the heart.
∴ The blood vessel is the vena cava.
Answer: (2)