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Blood comes into your heart through the veins all throughout the body, it enters the heart through the superior and inferior vena cava, leaves the heart though the pulmonary artery, enters the lungs, gets oxygen, enters the heart again through the pulmonary veins, and then leaves the heart and goes back throughout the body through the aorta.
So blood travels from the heart, to the lungs, back to the heart, than out the heart and all through the body.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoBlood clots from something like a DVT in your legs travels to your lungs, but doesn't travel BACK to the heart. The lungs typically filter clots out and lyse the clots slowly. If you have long standing afib, vegetation from the heart can cause stroke if you're not properly anticoagulated.
If you're asking if you can have a heart attack (aka myocardial infarction aka MI) from a pulmonary emboli (PE) (blood clot in lungs), then not that I'm aware. Physiologically the body isn't made for this to be possible. Is it 100% w/out a doubt impossible? No. Nothing is. Is it exceptionally unlikely? Yes.
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∙ 12y agoBlood moves through the heart with the help of valves and the pumps. Valves prevent blood from flowing backwards, and as the heart pumps, blood flows forward. The path oxygen-poor blood traces when it first enters the heart is from the superior and inferior venae cavae to the right atrium, which flows directly to the right ventricle with a pump and backward flow is prevented by the tricuspid valve. On a next pump, blood flows directly to the pulmonary artery, which bifurcates and goes to the lungs. Backward flow at this point is prevented by the pulmonary valve. Blood flows to the lungs, where carbon dioxide is released and oxygen is added within the alveoli in a process called gas exchange. Then, oxygen-rich blood flows back to the heart through the pulmonery veins and enters the left atrium. On a pump, blood flows to the left ventricle. Backward flow at this point is prevented by the mitral valve. Then, on a next pump, blood flows to the rest of the body through the aorta artery. Backward flow at this point is prevented by the aortic valve.
In summary: the path that blood follows is from the body > venae cavae > right atrium > tricuspid valve > right ventricle > pulmonary valve > pulmonary artery > lungs > pulmonary veins > left atrium > mitral valve > left ventricle > aortic valve > aorta > rest of the body
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∙ 16y agoYes, a blood clot can travel anywhere blood moves
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∙ 15y agoYour blood vessels carry the clot to your heart. When your heart pumps and sends blood to the lungs to be oxygenated the blood clot gets carried to the lungs.
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∙ 8y agoBlood clots can ALWAYS cause heart attacks and strokes, no matter where they are.
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∙ 9y agoYes blood clots can block the smaller vessels of the heat, which will cause the heart muscles to begin to die.
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To what organ does blood go immediately after it leaves the right ventricle?
Lung
From the right side of the heart blood goes to this?
The blood that leaves the right side of the heart is passed into the pulmonary arteries. This blood is oxygenated in the lungs and passes through the pulmonary veins into the left side of the heart.
Rigt and left pulmonary artery function?
they transport deoxygenated blood from the heart to either the left or right lung where the blood is oxygenated
What direction does the blood flow through the pulmonary artery?
What is the main pulmonary artery? * Arteries are vessels that carry blood away from the heart. The main pulmonary artery extends from the right ventricle and branches into left and right pulmonary arteries. The left and right pulmonary arteries extend to the left lung and right lung. Function: * Carries de-oxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs. http://biology.about.com/library/organs/heart/blpulmartery.htm :D im doin biology toooo!!!
Is the proper blood flow through the heart the right atrium right ventricle right lung left atrium left ventricle?
Actually both right and left lungs but everything else is correct.
Blood clot suddenly blocks a vessel in the lungs?
A pulmonary embolism is a sudden blockage in a lung artery, usually due to a blood clot that traveled to the lung.
What is a blood clot on the lung called Embolus or Embolism?
A blood clot on the lung is called an emboli. The term embolus means the process of forming emboli.
What is a pulmonary embolism?
A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the lung. Clots that form elsewhere in the body can become lodged in the blood vessels leading from the right ventricle to the lungs.
What happens when you have blood clots in ones lungs?
A blood clot in the heart could affect the lungs in a number of ways. It could potentially block the pulmonary artery and prevent blood from traveling from the heart to the lung. That would reduce the amount of nutrients reaching that lung and the lung could suffer damage. The blood clot could also travel into the lung (if it is small enough to move through the pulmonary artery) and block blood flow into and out of the lung. The person usually feels short of breath and may cough up blood if that happens. This is called a pulmonary embolism and can be fatal if untreated.
When did the poet Robert Frost die?
He died in 1963 from a blood clot in his lung.
What is the relationship between venous thrombosis and pulmonary emboli?
'venous thrombosis' is a blood clot in a vein. Sometimes these blood clots can break off from where there are and travel 'embolize' to the lung 'pulmonary'. When the blood clot travels to the lung, it will get stuck in an vessel in the lung and block flow in that branch of the blood vessel. In some medical studies, as many as 40% of people with blood clots in their legs or pelvis will have a PE, or pulmonary embolis. These are often small and go un-noticed. Unfortunately they can also be very serious and even lead to death.
What illness did Robert Frost have?
He died from a blood clot that eventually got to his lung which caused him to die.
Help you under stand blood clot to the lung?
A pulmonary embolus (blood clot to the lung) is usually a small clot that forms somewhere else in the body (usually the legs) and travels through the blood stream until it blocks a major blood supply to the lungs. This prevents normal oxygen exchange and can result in death if not taken care of immediately. I've reference the Medline page if you need more information, especially regarding treatment.
What causes blood to clot?
All I know is that when I had my surgery I developed one im my Left lung ! are you sure you don't mean "blood clot"? because there is no such thing as a blood chit. a blood clot is when blood doesnt circulate in a certain place forming, well, a clot. this is more likely to happen with adults than kids because kids are generally more figety (blood circulates better when muscles are moved).
Can you describe a pulmonary embolism and how it develops in a right leg?
Pulmonary embolisms usually start out as a DVT or deep vein thrombosis or a blood clot in one of the major veins. These can form for a number of reasons. If someone has blood that is more prone to clotting than others or if they don't move for an extended period of time which would allow the blood to pool in the vein. When the clot has formed it will stay in the limb that it had started in for a period of time, mine was stayed in my leg a week before moving. When it moves it follows the blood flow to the lung, then it gets stuck there again causing the pulmonary embolism or lung blood clot. The sequential order of a blood clot in the leg or DVT is pieces of thrombus break off and travels up the vein to the inferior vena caba to the right atrium, through the biscupid valve to the right ventrical, then through the pulmonic valve into the pulmonary artery into the lung. Until it gets to a portion of artery that is so small the clot can't pass any further. At that point the clot forms an obstruction.
You want to know if someone could die if they had a blood clot in there lung And if medicine can help them?
no. because lungs help you breath.
When did Hillary Brooke die?
Hillary Brooke died on May 25, 1999, in Bonsall, California, USA of blood clot in the lung.
