Wednesday 15 January 2014

The gross structure of the human heart and its associated blood vessels in relation to function.

The heart has four main areas: two atriums and two ventricles.


  • Blood first enters the heart into the right atrium from the vena cava;
  • passes through the right atrio-ventricular valve into the right ventricle;
  • leaves through a semi-lunar valve into the pulmonary artery;
  • goes past the lungs in capillaries where it is oxygenated;
  • then re-enters the heart through the pulmonary vein into the left atrium;
  • passes through the left atrio-ventricular valve into the left ventricle;
  • then out through the left semi-lunar valve into the aorta (which takes it to the body.)


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Veins always going into the heart and arteries away from it.
Atrium means entrance hall in latin.
Pulmonary means to do with the lungs.

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