[BIOL 222] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (17 pages long)

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Chapter 20: heart: systemic circuit: blood flow from left heart to the body and back to right heart. Pulmonary circuit: blood flow from right heart to the gas exchange surface of lungs. Blood becomes oxygenated and travels through pulmonary veins to the left heart to go the systemic circuit. Arteries: carry blood from the heart to capillary beds for gas, waste, nutrient, fluid exchange. Veins: carry blood leaving capillary beds back to the heart to be re-pressurized. Atria: heart chambers that receive blood from veins and deliver to ventricles, do not add to pressure developed. Ventricles: heart chambers that receive blood from atria and pressurize it to generate flow to the lungs (right ventricle) or body (left ventricle) Left ventricle is significantly larger (more mass) than right because it has to generate more pressure goes to the rest of the body: cardiac muscle characteristics (cardiac myocytes)

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