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Cardiovascular System 2 and Blood flow
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The right chamber are separated by the ______
Tricuspid valve
The _____ of the _______ is guarded by a _______
Base; pulmonary trunk; pulmonary valve
Receives blood from pulmonary veins
The left atrium
The left chambers are separated by the
Bicuspid valve
Carries blood away from the heart
Arteries
Carries blood back to the heart
Veins
The flow of blood through the body is a
continuous loop
Blood flow in oxygen enters the right atrium from the inferior and superior vena cave
Step 1
Blood passes through the tricuspid valve in the right ventricle
Step 2
From the right ventricle blood pressure through the pulmonary valve into the pulmonary trunk (artery)
Step 3
Blood enters the capillaries in the lungs associated with the alvcoli. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged
Step 4
The freshly oxygenated blood returns to the heart through the pulmonary veins, which leads into the left atrium
Step 5
Blood then moves through the bicuspid valve into the left ventricle
Step 6
From the left ventricle blood passes through the aortic valve to the aorta and its branches
Step 7
Blood travels throughout the body parts and returns back to the right atrium by the vena cava
Step 8
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hey_itsdarra
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217110
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Cardiovascular System 2 and Blood flow
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6th 6th weeks
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5/1/2013, 10:13:42 PM
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