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Cardiovascular system :
- Heart
- Blood vessels
The right side : is thin wall and pump blood out from the
heart lungs Pulmonary circulation
The left side : is thicker walls and pumps the blood the rest
of the body Systemic circulation
Systemic
Pulmonary
The heart pumps blood in 2
stages
Stage 1 :
atrium (each side) fills with
blood (at same time)
contract the blood is forced
through valves ventricles
Stage 2 :
ventricles are full contract
forces the blood out of
ventricles arteries
the organs
The blood from the right side
the lungs
The bloods from the left side
organs and tissues of the body
• Cardiac Veins
– Coronary Sinus (largest)
– Many branches feed into sinus
– Sit in Coronary Sulcus
large vein
muscular arteries
medium-sized vein
arterioles
venules
capillaries