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When it leaves the left atrium, blood passes through the tricuspid valve into the left ventricle.

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Blood that leaves the left atrium immediately travels through the mitral valve. It is received by the left ventricle, which pumps it into the systemic circulation.

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Q: What happens to blood immediately after it leaves the left atrium?
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How does oxygenated blood get into the left atrium?

Oxygenated blood leaves the lungs through the pulmonary veins and then into the left atrium.


Where does the blood go to once it leaves the right atrium?

Blood stream


Where blood flows when it leaves the right atrium?

The Aorta


Does the blood flow to the left atrium after it leaves the pulmonary veins?

Yes, blood leaving the lungs via the pulmonary veins goes into the left atrium.


When blood leaves the left atrium it goes through the?

Into the pulmonary artery.


Ventricles receive blood from veins?

No, ventricles receive blood from the atria. The superior and inferior vena cava (large veins) both bring blood to the right atrium of the heart. Blood leaves the right atrium and enters the right ventricle. The right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs. The pulmonary veins return oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium. Blood leaves the left atrium and enters the left ventricle. The left ventricle then pumps blood to the rest of the body.


When blood leaves the heartit first enters?

The oxygenated blood first enters the left atrium


When the Blood leaves the left atrium through what valve?

This valve has different names. It is the LAV valve or Mitral Valve or Bicuspid valve.


Where does blood flow to after it leaves the left atrium and passes through the bicuspid?

Into the right ventricle.


What type of blood vessel always leaves an atrium?

Veins, specifically the vena cava, enters the right atrium of the heart.


What happens to the blood before it returns to the left atrium of the heart?

Blood becomes oxygenated in the lungs, then the oxygenated blood goes to the heart via the pulmonary veins and enters the left atrium


Where does the blood enter the heart after it leaves the lungs?

The pulmonary vein enters the left atrium of the heart.