Question

How does the heart distribute oxygenated blood?

Answer 1

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• The right ventricle of heart contracts and passes the deoxygenated blood into the two pulmonary arteries, which pumps it to the lungs where the blood is oxygenated.
• From the lungs, the pulmonary veins transport the oxygenated blood to the left atrium of the heart.
• The left atrium contracts and through the auriculo-ventricular aperture (bicuspid valve), the oxygenated blood enters the left ventricle.
• The blood passes to aorta from the left ventricle. The aorta gives rise to many arteries that distribute the oxygenated blood to all the regions of the body.

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