BIOL 1344 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Posterior Interventricular Artery, Anterior Interventricular Branch Of Left Coronary Artery, Left Coronary Artery
30 Jan 2017
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Transport blood to allow the exchange of substances. Perfusion - delivery of blood per minute per gram: blood vessels. Heart: center of the cardiovascular system, about the size of a clenched fist, weighs ~300 gm or 0. 7 lb, 4 hollow chambers. Transports blood from the right ventricle: aorta. Transports blood from the left ventricle: superior/inferior vena cava. Drain blood into the right atrium: pulmonary veins. Drain blood into the left atrium: atrioventricular valves. On the right side of the heart. On the left side of the heart. Between the right ventricle and pulmonary trunk. Between the left ventricle and the aorta: pulmonary circulation. Deoxygenated blood comes into the right atrium. Pulmonary blood vessels pick up oxygen and release carbon dioxide in the lungs. Blood vessels return to the left atrium: systemic circulation. Oxygenated blood comes into the left atrium. Blood vessels to the systemic cells exchange gases and wastes. Blood vessels return to the right atrium of the heart: location.
