The heart

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  • It's a muscle in your chest made of four Chambers which are called ...
    Right/left atrium (top)
    Right/left ventricle (bottom)
  • The right side pumps blood to the lungs, while the left side pumps it around the body
  • Arteries branch out into smaller vessels called capillaries where oxygen and nutrients diffuse into cells and waste products diffuse back into the bloodstream.
  • Blood is pumped from the heart into arteries that carry it away from the heart.
  • Veins carry deoxygenated blood from the tissues back to the heart
  • Blood is pumped through arteries by contraction of the heart muscles
  • Capillaries allow exchange between tissues and blood.