Answer to Question #321501 in Human Anatomy and Physiology for Vicky

Question

Describe 4 stages in which the mammalian heart pumps blood? (10)

Answer 1

Blood comes into the right atrium from the body, moves into the right ventricle and is pushed into the pulmonary arteries in the lungs. After picking up oxygen, the blood travels back to the heart through the pulmonary veins into the left atrium, to the left ventricle and out to the body's tissues through the aorta