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Heart Structures
Structures of the Mammalian Heart
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
11/06/2013

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right atrial ventricular (tricuspid) valve
Definition
valve between right atrium and right ventricular
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left atrial (bicuspid/mitral) valve
Definition
valve between left atrium and left ventrical
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Pulmonary semilunar valve
Definition
valve between right ventricular and pulmonary trunk
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Aortic semilunar valve
Definition
valve between left ventricular and aorta
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superior (anterior) vena cava
Definition
brings blood from head, neck, upper arms to right atrium
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inferior (posterior) vena cava
Definition
brings blood from rest of body to right ventrical
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pulmonary veins
Definition
brings blood from lungs to left atrium
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aorta
Definition
brings blood from left atrium to rest of body EXCEPT lungs
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