providing blood to our body through our blood vessels. The heart is located on the left side of the chest, protected by the rib cage. Even though the heart is only the size of a fist, each minute our hearts pump 1.5 gallons of blood into our bodies. If all of our blood vessels were stretched out, they would extend for 60,000 miles. The heart is made up of four chambers: the left atrium, the right atrium, the left ventricle and the right ventricle. Two different types of blood travels through
Path of Blood through the Heart The circulatory system, also called the cardiovascular system, is responsible for distributing nutrients and oxygen to the different parts of the body, with the heart working as the pump. As the heart contracts, it pumps blood into your blood vessels, which then circulate the blood to the body before it goes back again to the heart. The path of blood through the heart also makes up a major part of the circulation because the heart also needs to be nourished, and
continuously pumps blood throughout your body through blood vessels. The system of blood vessels is over 60,000 miles long. You can find your heart in your chest and it is protected by the rib cage. The human heart has four chambers; the right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, and left ventricle. There are also four valves in the heart; they make sure blood only goes one way, in or out. The flow of blood through the heart follows a path to make sure that oxygenated blood from the lungs
oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the whole body. The inferior vena cava is a large vein deoxygenated blood to the right atrium from the lower half of the body. The left atrium is the upper left chamber of the heart. It receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs via the pulmonary vein. The left ventricle is the lower left chamber of the heart. It pumps the blood through the aortic valve into the aorta and all over the body. The mitral valve is the valve that allows blood flow from the left
work. The heart pumps blood throughout the body. In this blood is the oxygen that our body needs. Lub-dub is the way the heart sounds as it is pumping. A normal heart pumps anywhere from about 62 to 80 beats per minute. The heart is the “heart” of every body. The blood flow through the heart is to keep oxygenated blood going throughout the body. The deoxygenated blood enters the heart in two large veins called the superior and inferior vena cava. Once the blood come in the heart
The cardiovascular system is also known as the circulatory system. This system allows blood to circulate and transport things such as nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, and blood cells throughout the body. This helps nourish and fight off any unwanted bad cells. The cardiovascular system is a one-way system that takes blood to every part of the body. This system contains many parts such as the heart, capillaries, arteries, and veins. The main and most important organ in this system is
up of the heart and blood vessels that consist of veins, capillaries, and arteries. The heart, which is the size of a fist, weighs between 250 to 250 grams, depending on if you are male or female. The heart is divided into four sections that consist of two atriums and two ventricles. The atriums receive blood and pass it along to the ventricles. The right atrium receives blood from the superior and inferior vena cava and the coronary sinus. This blood is deoxygenated. This blood is pumped to the heart
How the Heart Works Jessica Palm Mrs. Bell Mrs. Fiske Pioneer Career and Technology Center Medical Office October 9, 2015 How the Heart Works In a car garage, where a famous heart surgeon was waiting for the service manager to take a look at his Mercedes, there was a loud mouthed mechanic who was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car. He saw the surgeon waiting and lured him into an argument. He asked the doctor after straightening up and wiping his hands on a rag, "Look at this
the anterior side of the heart. The apex is the bottom tip of the heart. The left auricle, with a brown-purple color, is a flap projecting from the left atrium. Below the left atrium is the left ventricle. On the other side of the heart is the right ventricle with the right atrium above it, and the right auricle is located above the right atrium. The large aorta is found at the top part of the heart, with the superior vena cava slightly below it. The pulmonary
cool thing. It pumps blood through our bodies. Blood flows to the heart through two veins, the inferior and superior vena cava. Their job is to empty oxygen poor blood from the body into the right atrium. They also contract, blood flows from your right atrium into your right ventricle then through the open tricuspid valve. The heart can do many different things. What does oxygenated blood do after leaving the left ventricle? As the left ventricle is releasing oxygenated blood the rest is crossing