MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY midterm: CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

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What is the circulatory system: it from the heart and lungs all throughout the arteries, helps in the coagulation process that regulates the body temperature and assists the body in fighting the diseases. A thin-watery membrane in the outer layer of the heart. A thick cardiac muscles in the middle layer of the heart. A thin layer of epithelial cells in the inner the heart. layer of. Function: it receives deoxygenated blood from the body. Function: it receives the blood from the right atrium and will pump going into the pulmonary artery. Function: it receives deoxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps into the left ventricle. Function: it receives blood from the left atrium and pumps into the aorta. The tricuspid valve is located between the right atrium and the left atriuum. Function: it closes as the left ventricles contracts preventing the blood from flowing back to the left atrium.