Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
The heart is essentially a muscular pump, which is responsible for moving blood aorund the vessles of the body. It is made up of two halves, separated by the septum, a thick muscular wall. Each half is again divided into an upper and lower chamber.
Member rating:
(2 votes)
| Words:
| Submitted: Wed Oct 22 2003
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
HEART: The heart is essentially a muscular pump, which is responsible for moving blood aorund the vessles of the body. It is made up of two halves, separated by the septum, a thick muscular wall. Each half is again divided into an upper and lower chamber. The two chambers on the left side of the heart( left atrium and vetricle) are responsible for recieiving oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumping it out to the body along its largest artery, the aorta. The two chambers on the right side of the heart ( right atrium and ventricle) are responsible for receiving revatively deoxygenated blood from the body and distributing it via the pulmonary trunk to the lungs for gas exchange to occur. These two circuits of blood flow are called systemic and pulmonary circulations respectively. Within the heart there are four valves that ensure blood flows in one direction: from atrium...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 146,186 others
Receive email updates for this category
- Simply tell us your email address and receive a weekly Study Help Email for FREE
- Receive 3 FREE essay views with each email
- Get all the latest essays from Coursework.Info & discussion from TheStudentRoom.co.uk
