Steps of Blood Flow Through the Heart

#1

Blood flows from the lungs, via the pulmonary vein, in the left atrium.

#6

Blood flows from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery which takes the blood to the lungs.

#5

Blood flows from the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava flow into the right atrium.

#2

The blood flows from the left atrium to the left ventricle, through the mitral valve.

#3

The blood flows from the left ventricle into the aorta to the body.

#4

The blood flows through the body by way of the arteries to the arterioles to the capillaries to the venules to the veins to the vena cava.