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Blood Flow

By prince.simbaa

  • S/I Vena Cava

    S/I Vena Cava
    Blood enters the heart through 2 large viens, the inferior and superior vena cava, emptying oxygen that is poor in the blood from the body into the right atrium of the heart.

  • Right Atrium

    Right Atrium
    Blood flows into the right atrium

  • Right Ventricle

    Right Ventricle
    Blood flows into the right ventricle

  • Tricuspid Valve

    Tricuspid Valve
    Blood flows from the right ventricle and into the doorway that is called the Tricuspid Valve

  • Pulmonary Artery

    Pulmonary Artery
    Blood leaves the heart through the Pulmonary Artery and into the lungs

  • Pulmonary Veins

    Pulmonary Veins
    Blood from the lungs, that is oxygenated, goes through the pulmonary veins which takes the blood back to the heart.

  • Left Atrium

    Left Atrium
    From the pulmonary veins, blood goes into the left atrium.

  • Mitral Valve

    Mitral Valve
    Blood goes through the dorrway called the Mitral Valve

  • Left Ventricle

    Left Ventricle
    As blood flows into Left Ventricle the Mitral Valve shuts so that the blood can not flow back.

  • Aortic Valve

    Aortic Valve
    As the left ventricle contracts, blood leaves the hearts through the aortice valve.

  • Aorta

    Aorta
    Blood leaves the heart through the Aorta