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Anatomy Assignment 3 Cardiovascular and Respiratory System Cardiovascular System Introduction: The Heart is made up of a powerful muscle called Myocardium. The Myocardium is composed of cardiac muscle fibbers that contracts and causes a wringing type of action. The size of you heart is a little larger than the size of your fist. The location of the heart is about left-centre of your chest. The heart is two separate pumps that continuously send blood throughout the body carrying nutrients, oxygen, and helping remove harmful wastes. The right side of the heart receives blood low in oxygen. The left side of the heart receives blood that has been oxygenated by the lungs. The blood is then pumped out into the Aorta and to all parts of the body. Many people say that Arteries carry oxygenated blood and the Venues carry deoxygenated but there is and exception for each Pulmonary Vein is the other...

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