ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is the correct passage of blood through the left side of the heart?
A
Atrium, tricuspid valve, ventricle, pulmonary vein
B
Atrium, bicuspid valve, ventricle, semi-lunar valve, aorta
C
Atrium, semi-lunar valve, ventricle, pulmonary artery
D
Atrium, tricuspid valve, ventricle, vena cava
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Blood flows from the right atrium to the right ventricle, and then is pumped to the lungs to receive oxygen. From the lungs, the blood flows to the left atrium, then to the left ventricle. From there it is pumped to the systemic circulation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The left atrium receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it to the left ventricle through the mitral valve. The left ventricle pumps the oxygen-rich blood through the aortic valve out to the rest of the body.

Detailed explanation-3: -Oxygen-rich blood flows from the lungs back into the left atrium (LA), or the left upper chamber of the heart, through four pulmonary veins. Oxygen-rich blood then flows through the mitral valve (MV) into the left ventricle (LV), or the left lower chamber.

Detailed explanation-4: -Blood travels through the bicuspid valve to the left atrium. Both the aortic and the pulmonary valves are semilunar valves. The mitral valve is an atrioventricular valve.

Detailed explanation-5: -Vena cava → right atrium → right ventricle → lungs → left atrium → left ventricle → aorta is the correct path through the circulatory system which describes the passage of blood originating in the left leg. The deoxygenated blood from the body is poured from veins into the heart, the right atrium to be specific.

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