BPK 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pulse Pressure, Coronary Circulation, Atrioventricular Node

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The circulatory system is composed of the heart, blood vessels, and blood. Circulatory system is divided into two sections: (a) pulmonary circuit - blood vessels going to and from the lungs (b) systemic circuit - blood vessels going to and from the rest of the tissues of the body: heart. The heart is a four chamber, muscular pump which propels blood through the blood vessels. Atria - the two upper chambers of the heart. A septum divides the left and right sides of the heart two pumps. The right ventricle pumps blood through the pulmonary circuit while left ventricle pumps blood through the systemic circuit. The wall of the left ventricle is thicker than the wall of the right ventricle because the systemic circulation is a much higher pressure system than the pulmonary circulation. The direction of blood flow through the heart is controlled by unidirectional valves.

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