B4.3 The Heart

• Atria

  Upper chambers of the heart
• Ventricles

  Lower chambers of the heart
• Vena Cava

  Vein going the the right atria suppling deoxygenated blood
• Pulmonery Artery

  Artery taking blood from the right ventricle to the lungs to oxygenate the blood
• Pulmonary Vein

  Vein going to the left atria supplying the heart with oxygenated blood from the lungs
• Aorta

  The artery coming from the left ventricle supplying the body with oxygenated blood
• Statins

  Lowers blood cholesterol, slows down the rate fatty material builds up in the arteries