the heart

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    • name the four chambers of the heart
      left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle
    • what does the right atrium do?
      recieves deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle which sends it to the lungs for oxygenation
    • what does the left atrium do?
      recieves oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it into the left ventricle which pumps it to the rest of the body
    • what does the pulmonary artery do?
      pumps deoxygenated blood and transports it to the lungs
    • whats a heart?
      a muscular organ
    • what do valves do?
      prevent backflow of blood
    • what do arteries do
      carry blood away from the heart
    • what do veins do?
      carry blood towards the heart
    • what are capillaries
      tiny blood vessels where gas exchange occurs between the blood and tissues
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