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Keeping blood in the different chambers of the heart from mixing is a function what structure?.

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Muscular walls, called septa or septum, divide the heart into two sides and keep the two kinds of blood from mixing. Heart valves There are four valves within the heart. Each valve has flaps that prevent blood from flowing in the wrong direction — opening to allow forward flow of blood and closing to prevent backward flow.

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