Download Pulmonary artery

Oxygenated
Deoxygenated
Relating to the lungs
The valve which prevents backflow from the pulmonary artery
to the right ventricle
Pulmonary vein Separates the two sides of the heart, keeping oxygenated and
deoxygenated blood apart.
Pulmonary
artery
Blood vessels on the surface of the heart which supply the
Aorta
Vena cava
Blood without oxygen (usually coloured blue on a diagram)
heart itself with blood.
The valve which prevents backflow from the right ventricle to
the right atrium
Ventricle
The major blood vessel which carries oxygenated blood from
the heart to the body.
Atrium
Mitral valve
Tricuspid
valve
Relating to the body
One of the bottom two chambers of the heart
Blood with oxygen (usually coloured red on a diagram)
Pulmonary
valve
One of the top two chambers of the heart
Aortic valve
Blood vessel which returns with oxygenated blood from the
lungs to the left atrium
Septum
The muscle of the heart, cardiac muscle which never fatigues
(gets tired)
Myocardium
Blood vessel which leaves the right ventricle transporting
deoxygenated blood to the lungs
Pulmonary
Valve which prevents backflow from the aorta to the left
ventricle
Systemic
The valve which prevents backflow from the left ventricle to the
left atrium
Coronary
artery
The major blood vessel which returns deoxygenated blood to
the heart from the body