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Parts of the Heart and Their Functions

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the body's largest artery. Takes oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body.

Pulmonary Artery

carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.

blood carrying oxygen

blood carrying little or oxygen

Receives deoxygenated blood from the body

Takes oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium

Pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta

Right Ventricle

pumps deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery

Coronary Vessels

supply the heart muscle with its blood supply

carry blood AWAY from the heart

carry blood TOWARDS the heart

valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle.

Tricuspid Valve

valve between the right atrium an the right ventricle.

the largest vein in the body, it carries blood from the body back to the heart.

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