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Pathway of blood in order

vena cava

⬆

Right artium

➡

Tricuspid valve

➡

right ventricle

⬆

Pulmonary valve

➡

Pulmonary artery

➡

Lungs (To take on oxygen and release carbon dioxide)

⬅

Pulmonary vein

⬇

Left Artium

⬇

Mitral valve

⬇

Left ventricle

⬆

Aortic valves

⬆

Aorta

Coronary arteries

The heart receives its own blood supply through coronary arteries. A blockage can lead to mycardial infraction

These branch off of the aorta

Coronary veins

Take the deoxygenated blood to the right atrium where the blood will eventually travel the pathways become oxygenated again