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Heart Anatomy Research Paper

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Heart Anatomy
The heart is about the size of a fist, snuggled in the mediastinum of the body. There’s a fluid-filled cavity called the pericardial cavity. The pericardial cavity is lined with serous membrane called the pericardium, which lubricated the heart and prevent friction. The wall of the heart is made of three layers: epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium. The four chambers of the heart are: the right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, and left ventricle. The right side of the heart provides pulmonary circulation to the neighboring lungs whereas the left side of the heart pumps blood out to the extremities of the body in the systemic circulatory loop. A system of one way valves prevents blood from flowing backwards back into the …show more content…

The pulmonary trunk, which splits into 2 pulmonary arteries, is responsible for carrying deoxygenated blood to the lungs. About 20% of the blood that leaves the aorta goes directly to the brain. The superior vena cava drains the deoxygenated blood from the upper body, while the inferior vena cava drains the deoxygenated blood from below the diaphragm to the inferior parts of the body. The pulmonary veins bring oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
The direction blood flows from the heart to lungs and back to the heart: Deoxygenated blood enters the heart through the right atrium. The contraction of the right atrium forces blood through the atrial ventricular valves known as the tricuspid and bicuspid valves. Once the atria fills up, the valves open, and blood is able to pass through the right ventricle. The right ventricle contracts to force blood into the pulmonary semi lunar valve into the pulmonary lunar artery. The blood travels through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs to get oxygenated. Once it gets oxygenated, it then returns back to heart through pulmonary veins, then the left atrium, then through the bicuspid valve to the left ventricle, then through the aortic semi lunar valve, then to all the tissues of the

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