Function:
To transport materials
around the body
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Digested food
Hormones
Waste chemicals - urea
Heat
Double CirculationDouble Circulation
Left side
Oxygenated
blood from the
lungs enters
the heart and
is pumped to
the body
organs and
tissues
Right side
Deoxygenated
blood from the
body is
returned to
the heart to
be pumped to
the lungs
Systemic – to
the organs of
the body
Pulmonary
system – up to
the lungs
OXYGEN
CARBON
DIOXIDE
Structure of the heartStructure of the heart
You need to be
able to label all
parts of the heart
LEFT SIDERIGHT SIDE
Left ventricle – has
a thicker muscle
wall than right side
– why?
Right ventricle
valve
right atrium
?
Blood from lungs
Blood
from ?
Body
organs
LEFT SIDERIGHT SIDE
Left ventricle
Right ventricle
valve
right atrium
Left atrium
Blood from lungs
Blood
from ?
Blood to the ?
Blood to the ?
Beating heart – Beating heart – blood flowblood flow
The valves prevent
the backflow of
blood.
How do the
valves work?
How many
can you see?
Atrium and ventricle
muscles force the blood
through and out of the
heart
out
in
in
Can you
see the 4
valves?
VALVE
between the
atrium and
ventricle
Ventricle wall
Ventricle
chamber