The Circulatory System

heart valve between the left ventricle and the aorta

• mitral valve

• tricuspid valve

• capilleries

• aortic valve

the largest artery in the body; carries blood into the vast network of arteries and arterioles that supply capillaries with oxygen-rich blood

• arteries

• veins

• aorta

• atria

the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood returning to the heart

• right atrium

• left atrium

• right ventricle

• left ventricle

pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs

• left ventricle

• right ventricle

• left atrium

• right atrium

surges of blood through the arteries in those areas that you can feel on your wrist or on the side of your neck

• pulse

• venules

• veins

• aorta

the vessels that are specialized to carry blood back to the heart

• arteries

• veins

• capillaries

• venules

the strongest heart chamber; it pumps oxygenated blood out to the rest of the body

• left ventricle

• right ventricle

• right atrium

• left atrium

the life fluid that carries oxygen and food and carries away carbon dioxide and waste

• blood

• plasma

• platelets

• mucus

Tags

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carries blood from lower regions of the body to right atrium

• inferior vena cava

• superior vena cava

• aorta

• pulmonary artery

divides the right and left chambers of the heart

• septum

• systole

• diastole

• aorta