Heart Blood Flow
Blood flows in the following sequence in the heart:
Superior vena cava/Inferior vena cava, right atrium, tricuspid valve, right ventricle, pulmonary (pulmonic) valve, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary veins, left atrium, bicuspid valve, left ventricle, aortic valve, aorta
Are the atriums located above or below the ventricles?
The atriums are located above the ventricles
What part of the heart delivers richly oxygenated blood to the body?
Aorta
"A"trium before "V"entricule
Atrium is always on top of Ventricules
"Tri" it before you "Bi" it
Easy way to remember which valve comes first and second: tricuspid valve (right side) and bicuspid valve (left side)
How many chambers does the heart have?
Four
What part of the heart delivers unoxygenated blood to the lungs?
Pulmonary artery
On the right side of the heart, blood flows from the right ventricle to the
Pulmonic valve to the pulmonary artery
superior vena cava and inferior vena cava
both empty blood into your right atrium
pulmonary veins
carry the oxygenated blood from the lungs into the left atrium of the heart
The bicuspid valve (aka mitral valve or the atrioventricular valve) is located
on the left side of the heart
The tricuspid valve is located
on the right side of the heart
left atrium and left ventricle
receive blood from pulmonary veins
pulmonary artery
sends un-oxygenated blood to the lungs so the blood can get oxygen
The left ventricle pumps blood through
the aortic valve to the aorta and goes out to the body
From the left atrium blood then passes through
the bicuspid valve (aka mitral valve or the atrioventricular valve) to enter the left ventricle.
The blood enters on the left side of the heart through the pulmonary vein and enters
the left atrium.
The right ventricle pumps blood through
the pulmonary (pulmonic) valve to the pulmonary artery because it has to get to the lungs
The pulmonary artery takes unoxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs to become oxygenated and then back through
the pulmonary vein to the left atrium.
Goal of the right side of the heart
to get oxygen in the blood in the lungs
Goal of the left side of the heart
to get oxygenated blood to the body
bicuspid valve
valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle. Also called the mitral valve or the atrioventricular valve.
tricuspid valve
valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
Parts of the left side of the heart
7. pulmonary vein 8. left atrium 9. bicuspid valve (aka mitral valve or the atrioventricular valve) 10. left ventricle 11. aortic valve 12. aorta
Parts of the right side of the heart
1. superior and inferior vena cava 2. right atrium 3. tricuspid valve 4. right ventricle 5. pulmonary (pulmonic) valve 6. pulmonary artery
