Question

What is the path of the circulatory system?

Answer 1

Circulatory system:

1. The network of blood vessels is known as the circulatory system.
2. Blood vessels are small tubes that carry blood throughout the body.
3. The heart itself is made up of muscles that are supplied by blood vessels.
4. There are four parts of the heart. These chambers are divided into upper and lower chambers and left and right chambers.
5. The upper two chambers are known as the atrium. There is a right atrium and a left atrium.
6. The ventricles are your two lower chambers. There is a left ventricle and a right ventricle.
7. The heart valve is located between the upper and lower chambers.
8. Heart valves open and close to allow proper blood flow.
9. The flow of blood in one direction is controlled by valves.

These valves are:

1. The aortic valve connects the left ventricle to the aorta, the large artery that carries blood throughout the body.
2. The mitral valve connects the left atrium and the left ventricle. The pulmonary valve connects the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery, the artery that carries blood to the lungs.
3. The tricuspid valve connects the right atrium and the right ventricle.

Blood flows through the following 3 types of blood vessels.

1. Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart.
2. Capillaries are small, small blood vessels that connect veins and arteries.
3. Veins return deoxygenated blood from body tissues to the heart.

Pathway of the circulatory system:

The right and left sides of the heart work together to allow blood to flow throughout the body. Blood flows through the heart through a series of steps. These steps take place in the heartbeat space-only a second or two.

Right side pathway:

1. Deoxidized blood from the whole body enters the right atrium through two large veins, the inferior vena cava, and the superior vena cava.
2. The tricuspid valve opens, allowing blood to flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle.
3. When the right ventricle is full, the right ventricle is compressed, the tricuspid valve closes, and the pulmonary valve opens.
4. Blood flows through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs where it is oxygenated.

Left side pathway:

1. Oxygen-rich blood travels from the lungs to the left atrium through large veins called the pulmonary veins.
2. The mitral valve opens and blood is pumped from the left atrium to the left ventricle.
3. When the left ventricle is full, the left ventricle is compressed, the mitral valve closes, and the aortic valve opens.
4. The heart pumps blood through your aortic valve to your aorta, where it flows to the rest of the body.