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2. Circulatory System Anatomy, Diagram, & Function - Healthline

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   The circulatory system works thanks to constant pressure from the heart and valves throughout the body. This pressure ensures that veins carry blood to the heart and arteries transport it away ...

3. Heart Pictures, Diagram & Anatomy | Body Maps - Healthline

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   The heart is the epicenter of the circulatory system, which supplies the body with oxygen and other important nutrients needed to sustain life. The heart has a double-pump feature that transports ...

4. Circulatory System Anatomy, Diagram & Function - Healthline

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   The circulatory system consists of four major components: The Heart: About the size of two adult hands held together, the heart is located near the center of the chest. Thanks to its consistent ...

5. Heart Anatomy, Function, and Blood Circulation - WebMD

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   The heart is under the rib cage, to the left of your breastbone (sternum) and between your lungs. On the outside, the heart is made of muscle. The strong muscular walls contract (squeeze), pumping ...

6. Anatomy of the human heart - Wikipedia

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   The heart is a muscular organ situated in the mediastinum.It consists of four chambers, four valves, two main arteries (the coronary arteries), and the conduction system. The left and right sides of the heart have different functions: the right side receives de-oxygenated blood through the superior and inferior venae cavae and pumps blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery, and the left ...

7. Circulatory system - Wikipedia

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   The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate. [1][2] It includes the cardiovascular system, or vascular system, that consists of the heart and blood vessels (from Greek kardia meaning heart, and from Latin vascula ...

8. Arteries of the Body: Picture, Anatomy, Definition & More

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   Your circulatory system contains three blood vessel types: arteries, veins, and capillaries. Arteries carry blood from the heart, unlike veins, which carry blood to the heart.

9. Heart - Wikipedia

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   Anatomical terminology. [ edit on Wikidata] The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. [ 1 ] The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide to the lungs. [ 2 ]