Anatomy and Cell Biology 3319 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Pericardium, Aorta

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Systemic human anatomy of the heart: coronary circulation, heart needs nutrients, and waste products/deoxygenated blood, anterior view, superior vena cava collects blood from upper portion of body (head and upper torso, very large vessels empty into right atrium. Inferior vena cava collects blood from lower limbs, abdomen and pelvis: deoxygenated blood, then into right ventricle, propelled via pulmonary trunk (splits into right and left pulmonary arteries, then goes to right and left lung, gas exchange in capillaries of alveoli, returns to heart via right and left pulmonary veins, 4 of them, all drain into left atrium then into left ventricle (thick muscular wall) blood propelled through aorta, ascending aorta, then aortic arch, then down descending aorta to supply systemic circulation point on bottom apex top of heart is the base (cone shaped) where atriums are aorta, several branches systemic circulation.

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