Parts of the Human Heart Flash Cards

Parts of the Human Heart


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, External Anterior




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, Superior Vena Cava
Delivers
deoxygenated blood
from the head, neck,
upper limbs, and
chest to the right
atrium I remember this because superior means the upper half, and vena cava
kind of reminds me of ‘vein cave’, and veins carry deoxygenated blood, and
the atrium is kind of like a cave!
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, Ascending Aorta
The largest artery in the
body, carries oxygenated
blood from the heart to
the aortic arch and then to
the head, neck, and upper
limbs via the right and left
common carotid arteries
and the left and rght
subclavian arteries.
I remember this because ascending is going up, so this is the part of the
aorta that goes upwards and supplies blood to the upwards parts of the
body.
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