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Can someone explain the order of the blood flow through the heart and body using these terms: right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, arteries, lungs, veins, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta, and capillaries.

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de-oxygenated blood from the whole body enters the right atrium through the superior and inferior venae cavae (plural)

the right atrium contracts and blood flows into the right ventricle.

From here the blood is pumped into the pulmonary arch.

the pulmonary arch divides into 2 pulmonary arteries leading to each lung.

gas exchange takes place in the lungs

than the oxygenated blood comes back to the left atrium by the pulmonary veins.

the blood moves from the left atrium to the left ventricle.

from the left ventricle it is pumped into a large artery named aorta.

the aorta supplies blood to the whole body.

two small coronary arteries emerge from the aorta and supply blood to the heart muscles.

veins carry de-oxygenated blood, except the pulmonary vein.

Arteries carry oxygenated blood, except the pulmonary artery.

capillaries supply blood to cells. They are found between the cells of all tissues.

illiac artery supplies blood to the hind limbs

renal artery supplies blood to the kidneys.

hepatic artery supplies blood to the liver

femoral artery supplies blood to the legs.

carotid artery supplies blood to the neck and face.

clavicle artery supplies blood to the arms.

mesenteric artery supplies blood to the organs of digestive system.

User Tarsha
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right side:

Blood enters the heart through two large veins, the inferior and superior vena cava emptying oxygen-poor blood from the body to the right atrium.

atrium contracts, blood flows from your right atrium into your right ventricle through the open tricuspid valve.

ventricle contracts, blood leaves the heart through the pulmonic valve, into the pulmonary artery and to the lungs where it is oxygenated.

left side:

pulmonary vein empties oxygen-rich blood from the lungs into the left atrium.

contracts, blood flows from your left atrium into your left ventricle

ventricle contracts, blood leaves the heart through the aortic valve, into the aorta and to the body.

veins carry blood to the heart ( deoygenated blood)

Arteries carry blood from heart ( oxygen rich blood)

Capillaries connects them.

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