CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

BLOOD VESSEL THAT CARRIES BLOOD FROM THE HEART TO THE LUNGS

• PULMONARY ARTERY

• AORTA

• CORONARY ARTERY

• VENACAVA

VALVES ARE

• Openings in veins that keep blood flowing forward

• Muscles that pump blood through the heart

• Structures that filter blood in the kidneys

• Cells that transport oxygen in the bloodstream

FUNCTION OF VEINS

• CARRY BLOOD BACK TO THE HEART

• CARRY OXYGENATED BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART

• FILTER TOXINS FROM THE BLOOD

• REGULATE BODY TEMPERATURE

DEOXYGENATED BLOOD RETURNS TO THE HEART THROUGH

• PULMONARY ARTERIES

• VENAE CAVAE

• AORTA

• PULMONARY VEINS

PART OF THE HEART THAT PUMPS OXYGENATED BLOOD TO THE BODY

• LEFT VENTRICLE

• RIGHT VENTRICLE

• LEFT ATRIUM

• RIGHT ATRIUM

FUNCTION OF THE HEART

• PUMPING BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY

• FILTERING TOXINS FROM THE BLOOD

• REGULATING BODY TEMPERATURE

• STORING OXYGEN FOR LATER USE

PART OF THE HEART THAT PUMPS BLOOD TO THE LUNGS

• LEFT VENTRICLE

• RIGHT ATRIUM

• RIGHT VENTRICLE

• LEFT ATRIUM

FUNCTION OF ARTERIES

• CARRY BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART

• CARRY BLOOD TOWARDS THE HEART

• FILTER TOXINS FROM THE BLOOD

• REGULATE BODY TEMPERATURE

OXYGENATED BLOOD LEAVES THE LUNGS TO GO BACK TO THE HEART THROUGH THE ROAD CALLED

• PULMONARY VEIN

• AORTA

• PULMONARY ARTERY

• SUPERIOR VENA CAVA

EPICARDIUM

• INNER LAYER OF HEART

• MIDDLE LAYER OF HEART

• OUTER LAYER OF HEART

• VALVE OF HEART