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CardiovascularSystem

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Superior Vena Cava   Vessel that returns blood from the upper half of the body back to the heart.  
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Mediastinum   a membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ, especially that between the lungs.  
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Myocardium   The muscular tissue of the heart.  
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Endocardium   the thin, smooth membrane that lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves.  
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Pericardium   the membrane enclosing the heart, consisting of an outer fibrous layer and an inner double layer of serous membrane.  
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Inferior Vena Cava   carrying blood from the lower body  
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Right Atrium   Deoxygenated blood enters this..  
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Right Ventricle   the chamber within the heart that is responsible for pumping oxygen-depleted blood to the lungs  
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Pulmonary Trunk   a major vessel of the human heart that originates from the right ventricle  
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Pulmonary Artey   the artery carrying blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.  
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Pulmonary Vein   a vein carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart  
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Left Atrium   blood returning from the lungs and to act as a pump to transport blood to other areas of the heart  
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Left Ventricle   It is located in the bottom left portion of the heart below the left atrium, separated by the mitral valve  
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Ascending Aorta    
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Aortic Arch   the portion of the main artery that bends between the ascending and descending aorta  
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Thoracic Aorta   a part of the aorta located in the thorax  
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Oxygenated Blood    
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Deoxygenated Blood    
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Systemic Circulation    
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Pulmonary Circulation    
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