The Human Heart

1. The basic structure of the human heart:

2. The heart has four main ___________________.

a) Oxygenated blood from the ______________enters the left atrium via the _______________.
b) Deoxygenated blood from the enters the right atrium via the _______________.
c) ________________ pumped to the lungs via __________________.
d) __________________ is pumped to the rest of the body via the ________________
3. The heart has four _____________
a) Two upper chambers - _________________ (right and left atrium) ______________returning to the heart.
b) Two lower chambers - _________________ (right and left ventricles) _____________out of the heart.
c) The muscular wall of the ________________thicker than the ___________________- the left ventricle
needs to generate greater pressure to_________________to all parts of the body.
d) The ______________- separates the right chambers from the left chambers.
4. The heart _________________and__________________to pump blood throughout the body.
5. The heart is made up of __________________ muscles.
6. The heart has _______________- allow__blood to flow in _____________direction.
a) _________________valve - betweenrightatriumandright ventricle.
b) _________________ Valve - between left atrium and left ventricle.
c) ________________________ (aortic valve and pulmonary valve) - located at the exits where the
____________________ and ______________leave the heart.

The Circulation of Blood in Human

1. The pumping of the heart:
Label the positions of the sinoatrial node, atrioventricular node, bundle of His fibres, and Purkinje fibres.

notes: Sinoatrial node is also commonly spelt as sinuatrial node, abbreviated SA node or SAN.