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Order of Blood Flow
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium of the heart from the superior and inferior vena cava: | #1 |
| The pacemaker of the heart, SA node (sinoatrial node) sends an electrical impulse to the left atrium and AV node: | #2 |
| The AV node sends signals to the bundle branches housed in the interventricular septum | #3 |
| The bundle branches continue to send signals to the Bundle of His and the Purkinje fibers which stimulate the right and left ventricles: | #4 |
| The right atrium contracts and moves blood through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle: | #5 |
| The right ventricle relaxes to receive the blood from the right atrium: | #6 |
| The right ventricle contracts and moves the deoxygenated blood through the pulmonary semilunar valve: | #7 |
| The deoxygenated blood moves from the pulmonary semilunar valve through the pulmonary trunk: | #8 |
| The deoxygenated blood moves from the pulmonary trunk to the right and left pulmonary arteries: | #9 |
| The deoxygenated blood moves to the lungs and gas exchange takes place: | #10 |
| Gas exchange involves the dumping of CO₂ and waste and picking up O₂ in the alveoli of the lungs: | #11 |
| Oxygenated blood moves from the lungs through the right and left pulmonary veins: | #12 |
| Oxygenated blood moves from the pulmonary veins into the left atrium: | #13 |
| The left atrium contracts from the SA node and the bicuspid/mitral valve opens: | #14 |
| The oxygenated blood moves through the bicuspid valve into the left ventricle: | #15 |
| The left ventricle contracts and moves oxygenated blood through the aortic semilunar valve: | #16 |
| The oxygenated blood moves through the aortic trunk through the aorta and out to the rest of the body: | #17 |