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    The circulatory system consists of the heart and blood vessels, and transports blood throughout the body. The heart has four chambers and uses one-way valves to pump oxygenated blood received from the lungs into the aorta and deoxygenated blood from the vena cava into the pulmonary artery. The left ventricle has thicker muscles than the right ventricle since it pumps blood at higher pressure throughout the entire body, while the right ventricle only pumps to the nearby lungs. The circulatory system maintains the organs and eliminates carbon dioxide by transporting blood and compounds via constant pumping and guidance through vessels and valves.

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    The circulatory system consists of the heart and blood vessels, and transports blood throughout the body. The heart has four chambers and uses one-way valves to pump oxygenated blood received from the lungs into the aorta and deoxygenated blood from the vena cava into the pulmonary artery. The left ventricle has thicker muscles than the right ventricle since it pumps blood at higher pressure throughout the entire body, while the right ventricle only pumps to the nearby lungs. The circulatory system maintains the organs and eliminates carbon dioxide by transporting blood and compounds via constant pumping and guidance through vessels and valves.

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    The circulatory system consists of the heart and blood vessels, and transports blood throughout the body. The heart has four chambers and uses one-way valves to pump oxygenated blood received from the lungs into the aorta and deoxygenated blood from the vena cava into the pulmonary artery. The left ventricle has thicker muscles than the right ventricle since it pumps blood at higher pressure throughout the entire body, while the right ventricle only pumps to the nearby lungs. The circulatory system maintains the organs and eliminates carbon dioxide by transporting blood and compounds via constant pumping and guidance through vessels and valves.

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    The Circulatory System: 

     
     
    The circulatory system also referred to as the blood system, is the primary transport system within all
    mammals as well as humans. It consists of a web of tubes called blood vessels. With a pump in the heat
    the blood allows itself to keep flowing through the vessels. The valves in the heart and the blood vessels
    guides the blood flows in the correct direction.

    The heart constantly pumps oxygenated red blood cells, nutrient-rich blood and many other compounds
    such as platelets around your body. This maintains and upholds the life of the organs. The heart also
    pushes blood through the lungs (organ) to eliminate waste product like CO2.

    The muscular organ called the heart operates through a controlled sequence of events that result in this
    organ to contract and relax. When the heart contracts it compresses to push the blood out and when it
    relaxes it allows the blood to flow into the atria and ventricles. This muscular organ has 4 parts which
    endure this cycle (contract & relax) at a particular time intervals. The one way valves, which are placed
    between the left atrium and ventricle and between the right atrium and ventricle are called
    ‘atrioventricular valves’. They prevent backflow and keep the blood flowing in one direction through the
    heart. This is vital because when the ventricles contract the blood is pumped up in the arteries instead of
    going back to the atria. The pressure form the blood pushes the valves forward from when the ventricles
    contract. To avoid the valves going up to far the tendons attached to them prevent that.

    This heart is divided into the left and right side by the septum, which is a muscular wall. The right and left
    of the heart is called the right atrium and the left atrium. These receive blood and then pump it into the
    two bottom chambers namely the ventricles. The ventricles them pump the blood to the lungs and
    throughout the entire body.

    Both of the atria receive blood. The blood flows into the ventricles from the artira. Consequently, by
    contracting the muscle in there walls the ventricles then pump it out of the heart. The firm cardiac muscle
    contracts under susbatincial force, which results in pressuring inwards on the blood and pushing it out.

    The left side of the heart handles systemic circulation, which means that that it acquires oxygenated
    blood from the pulmonary vein. Then it is pumped into the aorta and transported throughout the body.
    The right side of the heart deals with pulmonary circulation. This means that it gets deoxygenated blood
    from the vena cava. It is then pumped into the pulmonary artery and then taken to the lungs.

    The atria acquires blood from the lungs or the body and then provides it to the ventricles. Whilst,
    ventricles pump blood around the body and out of the heart. Hence, ventricles have more denser walls
    that the atria. Because blood is pumped out at a greater pressure.

    Similarly, the left ventricle wall has a thicker wall of muscle compared to the right ventricle because it
    pumps blood throughout the whole body. Whilst, the right ventricle pumps blood into the lungs, which is
    proximity to the heart. So the blood flowing to the lungs (pulmonary artery) has a lower pressure than the
    blood in the aorta.
    SOURCES:

    Davis, Charles Patrick. “How the Heart Works: Human Heart Diagram, Blood Flow to the Heart & Lung.”
    MedicineNet,​ MedicineNet, 16 Oct. 2019,

    https://www.medicinenet.com/heart_how_the_heart_works/article.htm

    “The Circulatory System (CCEA) - Revision 3 - GCSE Biology (Single Science) - BBC Bitesize.” ​BBC
    News​, BBC, www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zw3bfcw/revision/3.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zw3bfcw/revision/3

    Sang, David. ​Cambridge IGCSE Combined and Co-Ordinated Sciences​. Cambridge University Press,
    2017.

    Science book

     
     

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