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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Dissection - Inside & Out






Yesterday in biology we learnt different part of the human body and how each work. This week we were learning how the blood flows through the body and how the heart is contributed to this. The test we had for the lesson was to cut open a pigs heart and find the things inside the heart that makes it pump the blood through the body.

The heart is one of the most important parts of the body, the reason is that it pumps the blood right through the body so that each part of the body works.

Here is the different part of the heart and what they do:

Heart - A hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
Atrium - Upper chamber of the heart that receives blood. 
Ventricle - Bottom part of the heart, V-shaped pumps blood away from the heart.
Aorta - Takes blood away from the heart to the rest of the body, largest artery.
Vena cava - A large vein carrying deoxygenated blood into the heart from the body.
Circulatory system - System that transports gases and nutrients around the body, using the heart, vessels and blood.

Here is some photos and videos of our dissection:

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