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Lab Report

Circulatory Structures

The body's circulation has two parts, with the heart acting as a double pump. Blood from the right side pump is dark red (bluish) and low in oxygen. It travels along pulmonary arteries to the lungs where it receives fresh supplies of oxygen and becomes bright red. It flows along pulmonary veins back to the heart's left side pump.Your heart is about the size of your clenched fist. It has thick muscular walls and is divided into two pumps. Each pump has two chambers. The upper, smaller, thin-walled atrium receives blood coming in from the veins. The blood flows through a one-way valve, which makes sure it always moves in the correct direction, into the larger, lower chamber called the ventricle. It has thick strong walls that contract to squeeze blood through another valve, out into the arteries. Blood leaves the left side of the heart and travels through arteries which gradually divide into capillaries. In the capillaries, food and oxygen are released to the......


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