Monday, October 6, 2014

Heart Disection





external observation:

The heart was a lot bloodier than i thought it would be. It made me sick looking at the heart and how real it was. It was bigger than i expected and didn't really look like a heart but more like a piece of meat.


internal observation:
I didnt see the heart in person but looking at the pictures i can see that the inside is a lot bloodier and lighter than it is on the outside. The heart looks like it will be soft and mushy from the inside.

 QUESTIONS:
1) The most surprising thing for me was how bloody and real the heart was, i felt sick everytime i would look at it. I was suprised because i didnt expect to feel that way. 
2) the atria only has one job to collect and squeeze blood into the ventricles. The ventricles are larger because they need to contract the blood.
3) The left ventricle pumps blood to the entire body while the right only pumps blood to the lungs. 
4) The left AV Valves (mitral) function is to close when the left ventricle contracts to prevent back flow of the blood from the left atrium and right AV valves(tricuspid) function is to close when the right ventricle contracts. Then the blood from the ventricles can go out of the heart and into the blood vessels. Mitral and tricuspid valves open when the ventricles relax and let blood enter the ventricles from the atria.

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