The Heart and the Blood

Vessels.
Heart.

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Hello, Heart!

• The heart is one of the main organ of the

body.
• It is divided into 4 separate chambers.
• Deoxygenated blood passes through the
heart and then the lungs to get oxygenated.
 The Parts of the Heart

VENA
01 CAVA
RIGHT 02
ATRIUM
04 LEFT
ATRIUM

RIGHT 03
VENTRICLE 05 LEFT
VENTRICLE

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Blood Vessels.
Arteries, Veins and Capillaries!

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BLOOD, BLOOD, AND MORE BLOOD!

• About 45% of a drop

of blood is made from
cells.
• There are 2 types of
cells: red cells and
white cells.
• Blood also has
platelets.
• 55% of blood is
plasma.

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 Arteries Are…
aorta
• Arteries are blood vessels that take
blood away from heart.
• They have thick, elastic walls.
• They stretch and reduce as blood
flows through them.
• They are used to take the pulse of a
human

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 Vein Vernacular
• They are the blood vessels that bring
blood towards the heart.
• They have thinner walls.
• They have valves that stop blood from
going backwards.

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 Capillaries!
• The smallest split-sections of the
arteries near the organ is called
capillaries.
• They are only one cell
thick.
illustrations of capillaries.

• After the blood exits the

organ, capillaries join
together to form veins.

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Oxygenating Blood.
The Blood’s Pathway.

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 The Blood’s Pathway!
Here’s how the blood gets oxygenated and reaches the rest of the body!

Vena cava Tricuspid LUNGS

Makes sure blood
valve Pulmonary
Blood enters the Blood is stopped Blood gets
heart.
flows into the valve
from going back. oxygenated.
correct direction.

01 02 03 04 05 06 07

PULMONAR
Right Right Transports blood
Blood flows into Blood flows into Y ARTERY
atrium
the top-right
ventricle
the lower-right
to lungs.
chamber. chamber.

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 The Blood’s Pathway, pt. 2.
The blood gets oxygenated, and moves through the heart and to the rest of the body.

bicuspid
Pulmonary Makes sure blood aortic valve
valve
vein
Transports flows into the Makes sure blood
oxygenated blood correct direction. doesn’t go
to left atrium. backwards.
08 09 10 11 12 13

Left atrium left ventricle aorta

Blood flows into Oxygenated Flows the blood
the top-left blood travels out of the heart,
chamber. through. into the rest of
the body.

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 The Importance of the Heart and Blood Vessels.

• The heart and the blood vessels

play a major role in the
circulatory system.
• It is an organ system that permits
blood to circulate throughout a
veins body.
• The system moves various
different substances around the
body through the blood. an acute mitral regurgitation
arteries • This process is essential to
survival.
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Thank You.
-Jia Berde

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