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Blood enters the heart through the superior and inferior vena cava. These two paths dump deoxygenated blood into the right atrium. Blood passes from the right atrium through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle. The right ventricle contracts and forces the blood through the pulmonary semilunar valve into the pulmonary arteries. The blood moves into the lungs and gas exchange occurs, oxygenating the blood. The blood then moves through the pulmonary vein, emptying into the left atrium. The oxygenated blood then passes through the bicuspid valve into the left ventricle. The left ventricle contracts and forces the blood out through the aortic semilunar valve and into the aorta. The aorta is the bodies largest artery and blood is distributed to smaller arteries and out to the entire body (except the lungs).
Remember simply:
Body -> Vena Cava -> Right Atrium -> Tricuspid Valve -> Right Ventricle -> Pulmonary Semilunar Valve -> Pulmonary Artery -> Lungs -> Pulmonary Vein -> Left Atrium -> Bicuspid (Mitral) Valve -> Left Ventricle -> Aortic Semilunar Valve -> Aorta -> Body
If you can remember this, remembering heart anatomy and understanding how the heart works is very simple.
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∙ 12y agoBlood enter the Right Atrium via the Superior vena cava (which carries blood from the upper body) and the Inferior vena cava (which carries blood from the lower body). From here it goes into the Right ventricle and then into the pulmonary artery. The pulmonary artery travels to the lungs where the blood becomes oxygenated (fills with oxygen). The newly oxygenated blood travels in the pulmonary vein and enters the left atrium. From there it passes into the left ventricle which pumps the blood into the Aorta to supply the body.
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What is the path followed by the blood when it supplies and drains the heart muscle?
The path followed by the blood when it supplies and drains the heart muscle
What is the path that oxygen poor blood takes through the heart?
Oxygen-poor, or deoxyginated blood starts in the right atrium, goes through the right atrioventricular valve and enters the right ventricle. It then goes through the pulmonary valve into the pulmonary trunk. It then goes through pulmonary arteries to the lungs, enters the capillaries in the lungs to pick up oxygen, then returns to the heart through the pulmonary veins and into the left atrium. This is the path of de-oxygenated blood
The general pathway of blood flow is?
The general blood flow path is from the aorta to the heart. The blood will then leave the heart and flow throughout the rest of the body. This path of blood happens every time the heart beats.
A red blodd cell is moving through an artery in your leg what path does the blood cell take back to your heart?
the red blood cell will flow through your veins to your right atrium
What is the path that the blood cell will follow back to your heart What chamber of the heart will it return through?
The blood flows from the veins into the vena cava (inferior and superior) then into the right atrium. The right side of the heart sends the blood to the lungs to exchange carbon dioxide for oxygen.
What path does drop of the blood follow from entering the heart to leaving the heart through the aorta?
pumping
Describe the path blood takes through the parts of the heart from where it enters the left atrium?
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How is the path of the blood in the heart of frogs through systemic circulation?
it goes poo
Trace the path of blood through the heart from vena cava to the lungs?
i cnt trace it cuz this is a writing answer but the unoxygnated blood comes down through veins into the right atrium and out the right ventricle it passes the aveoli goes through the left atrium and out the left ventricle through the aorta and eventually into small capilaries
What is the path followed by the blood when it supplies and drains the heart muscle?
The path followed by the blood when it supplies and drains the heart muscle
What is The path followed by the blood when it supplies and drains the heart muscles?
The path followed by the blood when it supplies and drains the heart muscle
What part of pulmonary circulation is systemic part of the path of blood through the heart is pulmonary?
Pulmonary circulation is the exchange of blood between the heart and the lungs. Systemic circulation is the the exchange of blood between the heart and the body overall
What is the path that oxygen poor blood takes through the heart?
Oxygen-poor, or deoxyginated blood starts in the right atrium, goes through the right atrioventricular valve and enters the right ventricle. It then goes through the pulmonary valve into the pulmonary trunk. It then goes through pulmonary arteries to the lungs, enters the capillaries in the lungs to pick up oxygen, then returns to the heart through the pulmonary veins and into the left atrium. This is the path of de-oxygenated blood
The general pathway of blood flow is?
The general blood flow path is from the aorta to the heart. The blood will then leave the heart and flow throughout the rest of the body. This path of blood happens every time the heart beats.
What is the function of vascular system?
carry the blood through the body and path way is capaliries heart and viens
Discover the path of blood through the heart?
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What is pulmunary circuit?
Pulmonary circulation is when the right ventricle contracts sending blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs to get oxygenated, then back through the pulmonary vein into the left atrium.
