A | B |
capillaries | where gas and nutrients are exchanged, one cell thick |
CO2 carbon dioxide | waste gas carried away from cells by the blood |
O2 oxygen | transported TO tissue by the blood |
aortic and mitral valves | oxygenated blood passes through |
aorta | large arterial trunk, carries blood AWAY FROM the heart to the body |
inferior vena cava | largest vein in the body, returns bolood to the right atrium from the lower parts of the body |
left ventricle | thickest chamber of the heart |
Atrium | top chambers of the heart |
Ventricle | bottom chambers of the heart |
left side | clean blood FROM the lungs To the body |
right side | diRty blood from the body to the lungs |
tpam | valves of the heart, tricuspid, pulmonary, aortic, mitral |
heart points to | the left |