American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Histotechnician Certification Practice Exam

The right ventricle of the heart is responsible for pumping deoxygenated blood into the lungs. This process occurs through the pulmonary arteries, which carry the blood to the lungs for oxygenation. The oxygen-poor blood released from the right ventricle travels to the lungs where it picks up oxygen and releases carbon dioxide, preparing it to be circulated throughout the body via the left side of the heart.

The other options, while they represent important organs, are not the correct destinations for blood from the right ventricle. The brain receives oxygenated blood from the aorta, the kidneys filter blood that is already oxygenated, and the liver processes various nutrients and toxins from the bloodstream but receives blood through the hepatic artery and portal vein, not directly from the right ventricle.