Locate the vessels entering and leaving the heart and the 2 heart chambers - atrium and ventricle. Look at diagram of blood flow through the heart - Figure 10.9 on page 97 of lab manual. Next, follow ...

The aorta, a large blood vessel responsible for transporting oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body, plays a ...

Let's get straight to the heart of the matter—the heart's job is to move blood. Day and night, the muscles of your heart contract and relax to pump blood throughout your body. When blood returns ...

The right-hand side of the heart collects deoxygenated blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs (to collect more oxygen). This is called pulmonary circulation. The left-hand side of the heart ...

For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope with high pressure blood flow and ... away from the heart (usually ...