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37.2 The Circulatory system
 
Components of the Circulatorytm
Heart
Blood vessels: arteries, veins, &capillaries
Blood
 
 The Heart is a pump
Pericardium: protectivemembrane that covers theheart
made of cardiac muscle
the size of your fist, locatedin the chest cavity betweenthe lungs
Our heart has 4 chambers
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Atria: 2 upper chambers
Atria have thinner wallscompared to the ventricles
Atria receive blood & pump itto the ventricles
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Ventricles: 2 lower chambers
Ventricles have thick wallscompared to the atria
Ventricles pump blood tolungs or the rest of the body
 
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