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Write about the following; Cardiovascular; Trace a drop of blood as it moves from the Superior vena cava through the heart, down to the right foot and back again to the heart. Describe all heart chambers, valves and major vessels (from the list you were assigned) that the drop of blood would pass through.
Heart chambers: Right atrium, Right ventricle, Left atrium and left ventricle
Heart valve: Mitral valve, Tricuspid valve,Aortic valve and pulmonic valve
The aortic and pulmonic valve lies between the ventricle and the major blood vessels leaving the heart. Mitral and tricuspid valves lies between the atria and ventricles.
Blood Vessels: Aorta, pulmonary veins, superior vena cava and inferior vena cava.
CIRCULATION OF BLOOD IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEART
1) Deoxygenated Blood enters the heart through superior vena cava and inferior vena cava from upper and lower parts of the body respectively.
2) This blood enters into the right atrium of the heart and then it allows the tricuspid valve to open and thus the blood passes into the right ventricles. After right ventricle gets filled the tricuspid valve is closed.
3) The ventricle then contracts and the blood flows the pulmonic valve to the pulmonary artery and then to the lungs.
CIRCULATION OF BLOOD IN LEFT SIDE OF THE HEART
1) Oxygenated blood flows from the lungs to the left atrium and after getting filled the left atrium contracts.
2) Blood flows from left atrium to left ventricle by opening the mitral valve. Then the mitral valve gets closed after the blood is filled in left ventricle. This prevents the backward flow of blood into the atrium during contraction.
3) Due to contraction blood flows through opening the aortic valve to aorta from left ventricle. From aorta the oxygenated blood flows throughout the body.