The Heart and the

Blood Vessels.
Heart.

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Hello, Heart!

• The heart is one of the main organ of the body.

• It is divided into 4 separate chambers.
• Deoxygenated blood passes through the heart and
then the lungs to get oxygenated.
 The Parts of the Heart

VENA CAVA
RIGHT ATRIUM 02 01
04 LEFT ATRIUM

RIGHT VENTRICLE 03
05 LEFT VENTRICLE

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Blood Vessels.
Arteries, Veins and Capillaries!

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BLOOD, BLOOD, AND MORE BLOOD!

• About 45% of a drop of

blood is made from cells.
• There are 2 types of cells:
red cells and white cells.
• Blood also has platelets.
• 55% of blood is plasma.

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 Arteries Are…
aorta • Arteries are blood vessels that take blood
away from heart.
• They have thick, elastic walls.
• They stretch and reduce as blood flows
through them.
• They are used to take the pulse of a human

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 Vein Vernacular
• They are the blood vessels that bring blood
towards the heart.
• They have thinner walls.
• They have valves that stop blood from going
backwards.

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 Capillaries!
• The smallest split-sections of the arteries near
the organ is called capillaries.

• They are only one cell thick.

• After the blood exits the organ,
capillaries join together to form
illustrations of capillaries.

veins.

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Oxygenating
Blood.
The Blood’s Pathway.

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 The Blood’s Pathway!
Here’s how the blood gets oxygenated and reaches the rest of the body!

Vena cava Tricuspid valve LUNGS

Makes sure blood flows Pulmonary valve
Blood enters the into the correct Blood is stopped Blood gets
heart. direction. from going back. oxygenated.

01 02 03 04 05 06 07

Right atrium
Blood flows into the
top-right chamber.
PULMONARY ARTERY
Right ventricle Transports blood to
Blood flows into the
lungs.
lower-right chamber.

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 The Blood’s Pathway, pt. 2.
The blood gets oxygenated, and moves through the heart and to the rest of the body.

bicuspid valve
Pulmonary vein Makes sure blood flows aortic valve
Transports oxygenated into the correct Makes sure blood
blood to left atrium. direction. doesn’t go backwards.

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Left atrium left ventricle aorta

Blood flows into the Oxygenated blood Flows the blood out
top-left chamber. travels through. of the heart, into the
rest of the body.

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 The Importance of the Heart and Blood Vessels.

• The heart and the blood vessels play a

major role in the circulatory system.
• It is an organ system that permits blood
to circulate throughout a body.
• The system moves various different
veins substances around the body through the
blood.
• This process is essential to survival.
an acute mitral regurgitation
arteries

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-Jia Berde

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