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THE

HEART
Abid Mobin 10-B
CONTENTS OF THIS PRESENTATION

Here’s what you’ll find in this presentations:

1. Parts of the heart and their functions


2. Applying to heart rate changes during exercise
3. Veins, Arteries and capillaries. (With adaptation)
4. Structure of the circulatory system.
INTRODUCTION
The heart is an organ about the size of
your fist that pumps blood through
your body. It is made up of multiple
layers of tissue. Your heart is at the
center of your circulatory system.
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1.Parts of the heart
and their functions
Functions of each part

Right atrium Right Ventricle Left Atrium


Pumps the oxygen-poor blood The pulmonary veins carry
Two large veins deliver to your lungs through the the oxygenated blood to the
oxygen-poor blood to your pulmonary artery. The lungs left atrium.
right atrium. The superior reload blood with oxygen.
vena cava carries blood
from your upper body. The
inferior vena cava brings
blood from the lower body.
Then the right atrium
pumps the blood to your
Left Ventricle
right ventricle. It pumps oxygen-rich blood
to the rest of your body.
Veins, Arteries and Capillaries

Veins Arteries Capillaries


Arteries carry oxygen-rich Capillaries are small blood
Veins carry oxygen-poor
blood from your heart to vessels where your body
blood back to your heart.
your body’s tissues. The exchanges oxygen-rich
exception is your and oxygen-poor blood.
pulmonary arteries, which
go to your lungs.
"The heart is forever
making the head its
fool."

-Kahlil Gibra
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