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Hearts anatomy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The heart's job | To pump blood around the body, which supplies oxygen to vital organs and helps expel carbon dioxide |
| Vena Cava | On the right side of the heart , deoxygentated blood travels through here into the heart |
| Pulmonary vein | left side of the heart, blood travels through here into the heart |
| Atria | upper chambers of the heart, pushes blood into the ventricles |
| Ventricles | lower chambers of the heart, helps push blood out of the heart left = thicker muscle |
| pulmonary artery | pushes deoxygenated blood out of the heart to the lungs |
| Aorta | pushes oxygenated blood out to the body |