General Science Circulatory System Flash Card Set 726094

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Heart

The heart is the organ that drives the circulatory system. In humans, it consists of four chambers with two that collect blood called atria and two that pump blood called ventricles. The heart's valves prevent blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart.

atria, ventricles

The human heart has four chambers with two that collect blood called __________ and two that pump blood called __________.