Right Side Of The Heart- Blood Flow Flashcards
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Deoxygenated blood enters right atrium through vena cava at low pressure.
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Pressure builds in atrium until tricuspid valve is forced open, and blood flows into right ventricle.
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When both the atrium and ventricle are full, the atrium contracts forcing extra blood into the ventricle, stretching the ventricular walls.
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The tricuspid valve closes, the ventricle contracts and the pulmonary semilunar valve is forced open and blood passes through out to the lungs.
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Pulmonary semilunar valve closes.
