The Heart
General Science
Mrs. Sharpe
Learning Objectives:
● Explain the function of the
heart (pgs. 148-149).
● Identify the different parts of
Class 2 & 3 the heart.
● Define double circulation.
The Heart ● Explain the movement of
oxygenated blood and
deoxygenated blood
throughout the heart.
Heart Facts
● The size of a clenched fist, located
between the lungs in the body.
● Mainly made up of muscle and connective
tissue.
● Has 4 chambers (2 on each side)
separated by a muscular wall to ensure
that deoxygenated blood on the right
doesn’t mix with oxygenated blood in the
left.
● It’s a muscular pump that provides the
pressure necessary to push blood around
the body.
Function of the Heart
The heart is a muscular organ that drives blood
around the whole body by contracting and
relaxing its muscles.
The heart helps to circulate blood throughout the
body to various organs and tissues through
blood vessels.
Anatomy of the Heart
Has 4 chambers (2 on each side).
➔ Atria (singular atrium) - 2 small
upper chambers with thin walls
➔ Ventricles (singular ventricle) - 2
larger lower chambers
Activity
In your manuals, colour all of the walls of the heart pink, the right side blue, and
the left side red.
NOTE: The left side of the heart would be the left side of the patient’s heart. So
your right. The same is true for the left side of the heart.
Movement of Blood (pgs. 148 - 149)
Movement of Blood (pgs. 148 - 149)
The 2 atria contract at the
same time, followed by
simultaneous contractions of
the 2 ventricles. When the
atria contract, the ventricles
relax and vice versa.
Heart Valves (pg. 150)
Activity 2
Make notes about the double
circulatory system below this diagram
in your manual on pg. 41.
The Double Circulatory System in Humans (pg. 147)
1. Starting from label A, blood is
pumped to the lungs along the
pulmonary arteries. In the lungs O2
is picked up and CO2 is dropped
off.
2. Oxygenated blood from the lungs
then return to the left side of the
heart via the pulmonary veins. This
oxygenated blood is then pumped
to all parts of the body (except the
lungs) via arteries.
The Double Circulatory System in Humans (pg. 147)
3. Blood flows along arteries and then
into capillaries where an exchange
of gases, nutrients, minerals, and
waste products takes place
between cells and the blood.
4. Capillaries join up to form veins
which carry deoxygenated blood
back to the right side of the heart.
Home Work
Do the Summary exercise on pg 42 of your manual and post to the Google
Classroom assignment called “Manual pg 42 worksheet”.
