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Heart
Heart
> MUSCULAR PEAR
SHAPED ORGAN
>SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN
A CLENCHED FIST
>BEATS AN AVERAGE OF
72 TIMES PER MINUTE
>PUMPS BLOOD THROUGH
THE BODY AT A RATE OF
MORE THAN ABOUT 4
QUARTS (3.8 LITERS)
PER MINUTE
Heart
>DISTRIBUTES BLOOD
WITH OXYGEN TO
BODY PARTS VIA
ARTERIES
>COLLECTS BLOOD
WITH CARBON
DIOXIDE FROM BODY
PARTS VIA VEINS
>EXCHANGES OXYGEN
& CARBON DIOXIDE
THRU CAPILLARY
BEDS
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Where is the location of our heart?
a. Left side of the chest cavity.
b. Right side of the chest cavity
c. At the center of the chest cavity
d. Upper portion of the chest cavity
Our heart is located
at the center of the
chest cavity, 2/3 on
its left and 1/3 on
the right
THE HUMAN HEAëT
ëight Auricle
ëight Ventricle
Left Auricle
Left Ventricle
Tricuspid Valve
Bicuspid Valve
Aortic Valve
Pulmonary Valve
Activity
Exercise
THE HUMAN HEAëT
Chambers of the Heart
Left
ëight Auricle
Auricle
receives
receives blood
blood from from the
the body lungs
pumps
pumps blood to
blood to the body
the lungs
Left
ëight
Ventricle
Ventricle
Bicuspid
Tricuspid Valve
Valve
located
located between between the
the right auricle left auricle
and the right and the left
ventricle ventricle
Pulmonary
Valve Aortic
located
Valve
between the located
right ventricle between the
and the left ventricle
pulmonary and the
artery aorta
Name and
give the
functions of
the these
blood
vessels
Next Lesson
Blood Vessels
Arteries ± carry blood with oxygen from
heart to the body parts
Aorta ± largest artery
Tricuspid
Valve
Vena Cava ëight Auricle ëight Ventricle
Veins
Pulmonary
arteries
Venules
Capillaries Lungs
Arterioles
Pulmonary
Veins
Arteries
Aortic
Valve
Aorta Left Ventricle Left Auricle