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Heart: four-chambered, egg-shaped
muscular organ. The central apparatus of blood circulation.
Aortic valve: tissue that prevent blood from flowing backwards
in the left ventricle.
Opening of the coronary artery: place where the coronary artery
is attached to the heart.
Aorta: principal artery.
Opening of the pulmonary veins: place where the pulmonary veins
are attached to the heart.
Left pulmonary arteries: vessels carrying blood from the heart
to the left lung.
Left pulmonary veins: vessels carrying blood from the left lung
to the heart.
Left atrium: upper left chamber of the heart.
Mitral valve (bicuspid valve): tissue that prevents blood from
flowing backward from the left ventricle to the left atrium.
Entry of the aorta: place where the aorta is attached to the
heart.
Left ventricle: lower left chamber of the heart.
Interventricular septum: partition separating the ventricles.
Right ventricle: lower right chamber of the heart.
Inferior vena cava: vessel that returns unoxygenated blood to
the heart from the lower part of the body.
Triscupid valve: tissue that prevents blood from flowing backward
from the right ventricle to the right atrium.
Opening of the coronary vein: place where the coronary vein attaches
to the heart.
Right atrium: upper right chamber of the heart.
Semi-lunar pulmonary valve: tissue that prevents the blood from
flowing backwards in the right ventricle.
Right pulmonary veins: vessels carrying blood from the right
lung to the heart.
Superior vena cava: vessel that returns unoxygenated blood to
the heart from the upper part of the body.
Right pulmonary arteries: vessels carrying blood from the heart
to the right lung.
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