Circulatory

System
Circulatory system is divided
in 3 major parts
The heart Blood vessels

Blood
The heart
the pulmonary circuit carries blood
to the lungs to be oxygenated and
then back to the heart.

the systemic circuit carries blood

around the body to deliver the
oxygen and returns de-
oxygenated blood to the heart.

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The pulmonary
valve - semilunar
valve of the
heart that lies
between the
right ventricle
and the
pulmonary
artery

the aortic valve

lies between
the left
ventricle and
the aorta.
 tricuspid
valve-
between
the right
atriumand
the right
ventricle

Mitral valve-
lies on the left
atrium and the
left ventricle
Systole is an ancient medical term first understood as a
gathering of blood and later contraction of the heart.
More recently it is understood as a Force that drives blood
out of the heart. Without qualifiers, it usually means the
contraction of the left ventricle
diastole is the period during which the
atria are relaxing.