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The cardiovascular system includes the heart, a muscular pump, blood, and blood vessels. Blood flows away from the heart through arteries and returns to the heart through veins. There is also an exception with the hepatic portal vein, which carries blood from the intestines to the liver. The heart is divided into four chambers - two atria and two ventricles. Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium from the body and is pumped to the lungs, while oxygenated blood returns to the left atrium from the lungs a
- Author
- Meleen Constantino
- Language
- EN