When a person is 80 years old, the average healthy heart will have beat 3,363,840,000 times (“10 unique and fun facts about the cardiovascular system,” 2015). The cardiovascular system includes the heart and blood vessels that’s main job is to carry blood from the body to the heart and vice versa. The human heart is amazingly the base core of functionality for the human body, without it the human body would never function. There are three stages in the process of pumping blood throughout the body.
The first stage of pumping blood throughout the body, is by pumping blood through the four main chambers of the heart, which are “The right and left atrium, and the right and left Ventricle”. The great vessels in the heart include the Superior and Inferior Vena Cava, which brings blood from the body to the right Atrium, then the Pulmonary artery transports blood from the right ventricle to the lungs, therefore, the Aorta “the body’s largest artery” transports oxygen rich blood in one
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The blood travels to the lungs where it receives oxygen. Next the bloods drains back into the left atrium from the lungs via the pulmonary veins and travels to the left atrium. The left atrium then contracts, therefore forcing blood through the mitral valve into the left ventricle. As it is explained in human anatomy, and more specifically about the human heart, the left ventricle is the major muscular pump that sends the blood out to the body’s system. As a result, when the left vertical contracts, in forces highly pumped blood though the aortic semilunar valve into the aorta. From here the aorta and its branches carry blood to the rest of the body’s tissue.
In conclusion, the human heart works in a very complex way, and as human anatomy develops over the years to have a better understanding of how the human heart works, it is very important that people have a better understanding of how it
When the left atrium is filled with blood, the heart contracts and the blood passes through the bicuspid valve and into the left ventricle.
Once deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium, it travels through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle. Then the blood goes through the pulmonary semilunar valve into the pulmonary arteries. Once in the pulmonary arteries the blood is pumped into the lungs where it is then oxygenated. The blood goes from the lungs through the pulmonary vein into the left atrium. From there it passes through the bicuspid valve into the left ventricle where it is then pumped out through the aortic semilunar valve into the aorta (Drake 101). From the aorta the blood goes to the right and left coronary arteries.
Likewise, Blood flows from the right atrium to the right ventricle, and then is pumped to the lungs to receive oxygen. From the lungs, the blood flows to the left atrium, then to the left ventricle, forming the complete circulation.
In a normal human being the heart correctly functions by the blood first entering through the right atrium from the superior and inferior vena cava. This blood flow continues through the right atrioventricular valve into the right ventricle. The right ventricle contracts forcing the pulmonary valve to open leading blood flow through the pulmonary valve and into the pulmonary trunk. Blood is then distributed from the right and left pulmonary arteries to the lungs, where carbon dioxide is unloaded and oxygen is loaded into the blood. The blood is returned from the lungs to the left
The blood travels through arteries and then through Arterioles and finally through capillaries until they reach the Alveoli air sacs within the lungs. This is where gas exchange occurs. Then the oxygenated blood returns back to the heart through
Blood flows from the tissues → superior and inferior vena cava → right atrium → tricuspid valve → right ventricle → pulmonary semilunar valve → pulmonary artery → lungs → pulmonary veins → left atrium → bicuspid (mitral) valve → left ventricle → aortic semilunar valve → aorta →body tissue.
Our cardiovascular system is composed of the heart and blood vessels. The main purpose of this system is to transport substances throughout the body. Even though transportation is the main function of the cardiovascular system, it is not the only function. Along with transportation we have protection and regulation.
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The circulatory blood flow is divided into two sections. The pulmonary circulation it consists of blood vessels that are responsible for the transportation of blood through the lungs to be oxygenated and they return the waste gases picked up along the way and then returned through the body blood vessels for the arrival trip back to the heart The pulmonary circuit is a short loop that rapidly oxygenates the blood. It leads from the heart's right half to capillary beds in both lungs, and then returns to the heart's left half. In the circulatory system there is a path of blood that flows, blood from the body’s tissue it enters on the via the superior and inferior vena cava the right atrium. The
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Both the right and left atrium contract causing blood to flow though the two valves, and then into the left ventricle. The left ventricle pumps blood into the systemic circulation through the aorta. This systemic circulation system is much bigger than the pulmonary circulation system, which is why the left ventricle is so big. The blood on the left side of the heart is oxygenated. It becomes oxygenated when the deoxygenated blood passes through the right atrium and then flows into the left ventricle. It is then pumped along the pulmonary artery into the lungs where it is oxygenated. It then travels through the pulmonary veins back into the heart. It enters through the left atrium and then travels to the left ventricle. This process is repeated over and over again, to make blood continuously flow through the heart, lungs and body. This process ensures that there is always enough oxygen for the body to work
The cardiovascular systems function is to pass blood through ones body keeping their muscles oxygenated, to keep nutrients that are needed in the body and to help get rid of metabolic waste. The cardiovascular system is made up of three components, these are; the heart, the blood and the blood vessels.
The heart, blood and blood vessels make up the basis of the cardiovascular system also known as the circulatory system. The average human body contains approximately 5 litres of blood which is carried around the body via a network of blood vessels split into three types; arteries, veins and capillaries. The arteries are the largest of the three vessels and carry blood away from the heart. Veins carry blood to the heart and are smaller than arteries, then finally the smallest vessels known as capillaries distribute the oxygen rich blood to organs whilst simultaneously picking up the waste carbon dioxide and water from the organs to transport back to the heart where it can be pumped into the lungs to be exhaled.
One of the most important systems in the body, keeping it alive, is the cardiovascular system. As a part of the circulatory system, the cardiovascular system pumps blood throughout the body through a network of many arteries and veins, providing it with nutrients and oxygen. Also, the cardiovascular fights infections and disease in the body and creates blood cells. Never the less, blood acts as a filtration system for the body and removes waste, cell debris, or bacteria from the bloodstream.
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