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Your heart is responsible for keeping your blood flowing. It acts like a pump. The right side receives blood from the body where it is pumped to the lungs and the left side pumps the oxygenated blood out to your entire body. The valves of your heart keep it flowing in one direction.

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How does the blood to a heart and lung keep flowing in the same direction?

There are two ways that blood is kept flowing in the same direction. The heart is pumping it in that direction, and blood vessels contain valves which prevent blood from flowing in the wrong direction.


What structures of the heart keep blood flowing in one direction.?

One directional valves keep blood in the heart flowing in the right direction. There are three valves: biscupid valve, semilunar valve and tricuspid valve. These open to let the blood flow through then close to prevent the blood flowing back in the wrong direction making the heart less efficient.


What structures of the heart keep blood flowing in one direction?

Valves


What structures of the keep blood flowing in one direction?

One directional valves keep blood in the heart flowing in the right direction. There are three valves: biscupid valve, semilunar valve and tricuspid valve. These open to let the blood flow through then close to prevent the blood flowing back in the wrong direction making the heart less efficient.


What is function of VALVE?

to keep blood flowing in one direction hope this helped you


What do veins have that arteries do not to keep waste rich blood flowing in the right direction?

Valves.


What flaps that act like door to keep blood flowing in one direction?

valves


The vessel with valves that keep blood from flowing in the right direction?

The vessel with valves that keep blood from flowing in the right direction is the vein. Veins have one-way valves that prevent backward flow of blood, ensuring it moves back towards the heart. This helps maintain proper circulation of blood throughout the body.


What is the importance of valves in human heart?

Valves in the heart help to keep the blood flowing in the right direction.


Are the veins in the valve?

Other way around. Valves appear in veins to keep the blood flowing in one direction to the heart.


Which flaps of muscle keep blood from flowing backward through the heart?

Your heart keeps your blood "flowing"


What blood vessel structure is unique to veins?

Many have small valves that keep the blood flowing in the correct direction. You can actually see these if they fail to work. We call them varicose veins.