As blood leaves the right ventricle, it passes through the ________ and then into the pulmonary trunk.

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The correct answer is the conus arteriosus. This is the point where the right ventricle meets the pulmonary trunk, which carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs for oxygenation. The pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart, but they do not play a role in the pathway described in the question. The aorta carries oxygenated blood out of the left ventricle to the rest of the body, while the superior and inferior vena cava bring deoxygenated blood back to the heart from the upper and lower body, respectively.

As Blood Leaves the Right Ventricle, It Passes Through the ________