Final answer:
The book 'On the Motion of the Heart and Blood' by William Harvey provided the first detailed description of the systemic circulation and the movement of blood by the heart. It explains the components and function of the circulation system including how the heartbeat is controlled.
Step-by-step explanation:
The book Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus, or On the Motion of the Heart and Blood, is the one that provided an accurate description of the human circulatory system. William Harvey, an English physician, wrote it in 1628. Harvey was the first to describe in detail the systemic circulation, showing how the heart pumps blood to the body's organs, including the brain, and then back to the heart.
Review:
- The main components of the circulatory system are the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), and blood.
- Blood flows through the heart in a sequence starting from the veins into the right atrium, to the right ventricle, through the pulmonary artery to the lungs, back through the pulmonary veins to the left atrium, then to the left ventricle, and finally out to the body via the aorta.
- The heartbeat is controlled by the heart's own electrical system, primarily the sinoatrial (SA) node, which acts as a natural pacemaker.