PHOTO BY STEPHEN FADEM The heart has four chambers. The right side of the heart receives blood from the body into the right atrium. It then travels through the tricuspid valve to the right ventricle, a powerful muscle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary valve into the lungs. Here, carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen. The blood returns to the heart through pulmonary veins and enters the left atrium. From the left atrium, the blood is pumped through the mitral valve to the left ventricle. The left ventricle is another powerful muscle. It then pumps blood through the aortic valve into the aorta. The aorta carries the blood to the renal arteries. These arteries divide until they become arterioles. The blood then enters the glomerular filters discussed in an earlier post.
THE HEART AND THE KIDNEYS
THE HEART AND THE KIDNEYS
THE HEART AND THE KIDNEYS
PHOTO BY STEPHEN FADEM The heart has four chambers. The right side of the heart receives blood from the body into the right atrium. It then travels through the tricuspid valve to the right ventricle, a powerful muscle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary valve into the lungs. Here, carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen. The blood returns to the heart through pulmonary veins and enters the left atrium. From the left atrium, the blood is pumped through the mitral valve to the left ventricle. The left ventricle is another powerful muscle. It then pumps blood through the aortic valve into the aorta. The aorta carries the blood to the renal arteries. These arteries divide until they become arterioles. The blood then enters the glomerular filters discussed in an earlier post.