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      • The right side of your heart receives oxygen-poor blood from your veins and pumps it to your lungs, where it picks up oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide. The left side of your heart receives oxygen-rich blood from your lungs and pumps it through your arteries to the rest of your body.
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  2. www.medicinenet.com › heart_how_the_heart_worksHeart Anatomy: Diagram, Blood Flow and Functions - MedicineNet

    The right and left sides of the heart are further divided into two top chambers called the atria (also termed the right and left atrium), which receive blood and then pump it into the two bottom chambers called ventricles, which pump blood to the lungs and to the body.

  3. my.clevelandclinic.org › health › bodyHeart: Anatomy & Function - Cleveland Clinic

    Your heart has four separate chambers. You have two chambers on the top (atrium, plural atria) and two on the bottom (ventricles), one on each side of your heart. Right atrium: Two large veins deliver oxygen-poor blood to your right atrium. The superior vena cava carries blood from your upper body.

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  5. www.nhlbi.nih.gov › health › heartHow the Heart Works - What the Heart Looks Like - NHLBI, NIH

    Mar 24, 2022 · The two upper chambers of your heart are called atrium , and the two lower chambers are called ventricles . Blood flows from the body and lungs to the atria and from the atria to the ventricles. The ventricles pump blood out of the heart to the lungs and other parts of the body.

  6. www.webmd.com › hypertension-working-heartHow Your Heart Works - WebMD

    Sep 9, 2023 · The right and left sides of the heart are further divided into two top chambers called the atria, which receive blood from the veins, and two bottom chambers called ventricles, which pump...

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  8. www.healthlinkbc.ca › health-topics › how-heart-worksHow the Heart Works - HealthLink BC

    Your heart is divided into two separate pumping systems, the right side and the left side. Blood is pumped through your heart and lungs in four steps: The right atrium receives oxygen-poor blood from the body and pumps it to the right ventricle through the tricuspid valve.

  9. www.medicalnewstoday.com › articles › 320565The heart: Anatomy, how it works, and more - Medical News Today

    Sep 30, 2020 · The left and right sides of the heart work in unison. The atria and ventricles contract and relax in turn, producing a rhythmic heartbeat.

  10. www.livescience.com › 34655-human-heartHuman heart: Anatomy, function & facts | Live Science

    Jul 27, 2022 · A wall of muscle called the septum separates the two sides of the heart. Related:Spaceflight and long-distance swimming shrink the heart. An illustration of inside a human heart,...

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