Heart
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Organ system definition
A group of organs that work together to perform a common function
What does the heart do
Pumps the blood, to ensure it keeps flowing through the blood vessels
what do the Blood vessels do
Holds the blood, and directs it around the body
What does the blood do
Fluid that carries all the substances: oxygen, nutrients, cells, and waste products
What comes in the left side of the right atrium
Vena carva
What comes out the right side of the right atrium
Pulmonary artery
What comes out the top of the left atrium
Aorta
What comes in the side of the left atrium
Pulmonary vein
Where does the pulmonary artery take the blood
Lungs
Why does the blood go through the lungs
Oxygenate it
Where does the aorta take the blood
Through the body
What does the left ventricle do
Contractes the blood up to the left atrium
What does the right ventricle do
Contracts the blood up to the right atrium
What does the vena carva carry
Deoxygenated blood from the body
What does the pulmonary artery do
Cary’s the deoxygenated blood to the lungs
What does the pulmonary vein do
Carry’s the oxygenated blood into the left ventricle and eventually the aorta
What does the aorta do
Carry’s the oxygenated blood from the left ventricle through the body
What do the coronary arteries do
Make sure the muscle tissue gets all the oxygen and nutrients it needs to keep contracting