Biology: Science for Life with Physiology (6th Edition) (Belk, Border & Maier, The Biology: Science for Life Series, 5th Edition)
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Chapter 20, Problem 8LTB
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The heart is the muscular organ which is approximately the size of one’s fist. It is located behind and slightly left of the breastbone. The function of the heart is to pump the blood by arteries and veins. The whole network of arteries, veins, and heart is termed as cardiovascular system.
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Biology: Science for Life with Physiology (6th Edition) (Belk, Border & Maier, The Biology: Science for Life Series, 5th Edition)
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- Put in Order (rearrange these structures in the order in which blood passes through them; assume that the blood is about to leave the right atrium) aorta aortic semilunar valve left ventricle left atrium lung capillaries mitral valve pulmonary semilunar valve pulmonary arteries right ventricle superior/inferior vena cava tissues of the body tricuspid valve pulmonary trunk pulmonary veinsarrow_forward________ are the transport proteins of the blood (think “shuttle busses”) and make up _____% of these proteinsarrow_forwardthat directly drain(s) blood from capillaries is/are called __arrow_forward
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