Figure 2. How Does the Heart Works: Path of blood flow through the heart2
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Right Heart receives blood from the body and pumps it through the pulmonary artery to the lungs where it picks up oxygen.Left Heart receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it through the aorta to the body. |
This figure is reproduced with special permission from The American Heart Association, Your Heart and How It Works, © 2005 www.americanheart.org