ANTR 350 1st Edition Lecture 29Outline of Last Lecture I. Structure of blood vesselsII. Classification of blood vesselsOutline of Current Lecture II. General circulationIII. Pulmonary circulationIV. Pulmonary arteriesV. Pulmonary veinsCurrent Lecture-general circulation-VentriclesàArteriesàArterioles àCapillary BedàVenulesàVeinsàAtria-arteries diverge (have branches)-veins converge (have tributaries)-pulmonary circulation-blood returning from the body to the right atrium of the heart must FIRST travel to the lung before being pumped back out to the body-pulmonary trunk-the pulmonary trunk exits the right ventricle of the heart on its anterior surface-anatomically the pulmonary trunk sits slightly left of and anterior to the ascending aorta-pulmonary arteries-superior to the heart and inferior to the aortic arch, the pulmonary trunk bifurcates intothe right and left pulmonary arteries-right pulmonary artery passes posterior to the ascending aorta on its way to the right lungThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-left pulmonary artery passes anterior to the descending aorta on its way to the left lung-pulmonary veins-four pulmonary veins -2 on the right and 2 on the left-return blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the
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