Heart Blood Flow (12-step path) (copy)

A set of 12 Q&A flashcards covering the sequential path of blood flow through the heart, from deoxygenated blood entering the right atrium to the cycle completing in the right atrium.

Where does deoxygenated blood enter the heart at step 1 of the cycle?

Right atrium.

Blood flows through which valve from the right atrium to the right ventricle?

Tricuspid valve.

After leaving the right ventricle, through which valve does blood pass to reach the pulmonary artery?

Pulmonary valve.

Blood travels to the lungs through which artery?

Pulmonary artery.

Where does oxygenated blood return to after passing through the lungs, via which vessels?

Left atrium via the pulmonary veins.

Blood enters which chamber from the pulmonary veins?

Left atrium.

Blood flows through which valve from the left atrium to the left ventricle?

Mitral (bicuspid) valve.

From the left ventricle, which valve does blood pass through to enter the aorta?

Aortic valve.

Into which major vessel does blood enter after passing through the aortic valve?

Aorta (the largest artery).

How is blood distributed to the body after entering the aorta?

Through the aorta and its branches.

Deoxygenated blood returns to the heart via which vessels?

Superior and inferior vena cava.