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Anatomy

Picture of the heart with numbers on various structures

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Anatomy of the heart

Can you correctly name the structures?

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Word bank: Aorta, Aortic Valve, Inferior Vena Cava, Left Atrium, Left Ventricle, Mitral Valve, Pulmonary Artery, Pulmonary Valve, Pulmonary Vein, Right Atrium, Right Ventricle, Superior Vena Cava, Tricuspid Valve

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Essentials

The heart in the adult is two pumps, joined together

The left side of the heart pumps to the systemic circulation and the right side to the pulmonary circulation.