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1st step of blood flow
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1st step of blood flow
deoxygenated blood enters right atrium through superior and inferior vena cava
2nd step of blood flow
blood enters right ventricle through tricuspid valve
3rd step of blood flow
blood exits right ventricle through pulmonary valve and enters pulmonary artery
4th step of blood flow
left and right pulmonary arteries send blood to lungs (where gas exchange occurs)
5th step of blood flow
Oxygenated blood returns to heart via the pulmonary veins -> blood enters left atrium
6th step of blood flow
blood enters left ventricle through mitral/bicuspid valve
7th step of blood flow
Blood exits left ventricle through aortic semilunar valve to enter aorta
8th step of blood flow
aorta distributes blood to the body
blue (in picture)
lacks oxygen
red (in picture)
oxygenated
veinsblood vessels containing blood flowing to the heartarteriescarry blood away from the heartsuperior vena-cava receives blood fromhead, neck, upper limbs, chestinferior vena-cava receives blood fromtrunk, viscera, and lower limbsBoth superior and inferior vena-cava end up in the...right atriumright atriumone of the four chambers of the heartHeart has four?chambers and valvesAortalargest of all the arteries, distributes the oxygenated blood to the rest of the bodyaortic arch has...3 major branchesValveskeep blood moving into the right direction and not flow backwards