Deoxygenated Oxygenated

blood blood
THE HEART

The P____________ A__________ The A______ takes blood to

Takes blood to the ___________ the ________
P________

V_______
V_______

C_______

L_______
R_______
A_______
A_______

R_______
L_______

V_______
V_______

The heart is made out of ____________ Muscle.

It is a double _________ that squeezes the blood around the ________
and to the ________. The _________ side pumps blood to the lungs to pick
up ______________. The _________ side pumps blood around the rest of
the body.
 RIGHT, LEFT, CARDIAC, BODY, PUMP, LUNGS, OXYGEN

Parts of the heart

Vena Cava
Carries deoxygenated blood from the body to
the heart

Semilunar Valve
Flaps that prevent backflow of blood

Left Atrium
Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs

Left Ventricle
Region of the heart that pumps blood to the
body

Pulmonary Artery
Carries blood to the lungs

Right Ventricle
Region of the heart that pumps blood to the
lungs

Pulmonary Vein
Carries blood from the lungs

Right Atrium
Segment of the heart that receives
deoxygenated blood
Aorta
The main artery carrying blood to all parts of
the body

Let’s now look at how blood flows through the heart.

Blood enters the heart through two

large veins, the posterior (inferior) and the
anterior (superior) vena cava, carrying
deoxygenated blood from the body into the
right atrium.

Blood flows from the right atrium into the

right ventricle through the tricuspid valve.
When the ventricles are full, the tricuspid
valve shuts to prevent blood flowing backward
into the atrium.

Blood leaves the heart through the pulmonic

valve, into the pulmonary artery and flows to
the lungs.

The pulmonary vein carries oxygen-rich blood

from the lungs into the left atrium.

Blood flows from the left atrium into the left

ventricle through the open mitral valve. When
the ventricles are full, the mitral valve shuts
to prevent blood from flowing backward into
the atrium.

Blood leaves the heart through the aortic

valve, into the aorta and to the rest of the
body.