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The right ventricle passes the blood on to the pulmonary artery, which sends it to the
lungs to pick up oxygen.
2. The left ventricle pumps the oxygen-rich blood to the body through a large network of
arteries. The contractions of the left ventricle, the strongest of the four chambers, are
what create blood pressure in the body.
3. The mitral valve that opens to allow blood to move from the left atrium to the left
ventricle.
4. The aortic valve that allows oxygen-rich blood to move from the left ventricle to the
aorta, the body’s largest artery.
5. The tricuspid valve that controls blood flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle
6. The pulmonary valve that regulates blood flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary
arteries.
7. The left atrium receives the now oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it into the
left ventricle.
8. The right atrium receives blood from the veins that has already circulated through the
body and pumps it over to the right ventricle.
9. The pulmonary vein carries the essential function of bringing the oxygenated blood from
the lungs back to the heart (left auricle).
10. The function of the pulmonary arteries is to transport deoxygenated blood from the heart
to the lungs where it can once again become oxygenated.
11. The superior vena cava is responsible for carrying deoxygenated blood from the upper
body (head, neck, upper limbs, and some organs of the chest) to the heart.