Pre-Dissection Drawing Activity

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Pre-Dissection Drawing Activity

• Pathway of Blood Through Heart

Health Science Technology
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Supplies

• 3 sheets paper
• Pencil
• colored pencils (blue, red, green)
• Optional highlighter (pink or orange)

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The heart is a double pump.
Right Heart Pump
Left Heart Pump
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The heart is a double pump.
Right Heart Pump
Left Heart Pump
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The right heart pumps venous (deoxygenated) blood.
Right Heart Pump
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The left heart pumps arterial (oxygenated) blood.
Left Heart Pump
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Drawing the right heart.
Right heart
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Step 1 Draw outline of heart.
The Right Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
apex
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Step 2 Draw myocardium septum. Identify
chambers.
The Right Heart
Lt. side
Rt. side
RA Right Atrium LA Left Atrium
LA
RA
RV Right Ventricle LV Left Ventricle
LV
RV
myocardium
apex
septum
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Step 3 Draw both superior inferior vena
cava.
The Right Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
superior vena cava
LA
RA
LV
RV
inferior vena cava
apex
septum
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Step 4 Draw tricuspid valve.
The Right Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
superior vena cava
LA
RA
tricuspid valve
LV
RV
inferior vena cava
apex
septum
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Step 5 Draw pulmonary artery.
The Right Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
pulmonary artery
superior vena cava
LA
RA
tricuspid valve
inferior vena cava
LV
RV
apex
septum
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Step 6 Draw pulmonary valve.
The Right Heart
Lt. side
Rt. side
pulmonary artery
superior vena cava
LA
RA
pulmonary valve
tricuspid valve
LV
inferior vena cava
RV
apex
septum
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Step 7 Outline great vessels chambers with
blue marker.
The Right Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
pulmonary artery
superior vena cava
LA
RA
pulmonary valve
tricuspid valve
LV
inferior vena cava
RV
apex
septum
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Step 8 Outline valves in green. Color
septum myocardium in pink.
The Right Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
superior vena cava
pulmonary artery
LA
tricuspid valve
RA
pulmonary valve
LV
inferior vena cava
RV
apex
septum
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Step 9 Indicate pathway of blood through right
heart with arrows.
The Right Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
lung
lung
superior vena cava
pulmonary artery
LA
tricuspid valve
RA
pulmonary valve
LV
inferior vena cava
RV
apex
septum
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Drawing the left heart.
Left heart
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Step 1 Draw outline of heart.
The Left Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
apex
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Step 2 Draw the myocardium septum.
The Left Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
LA
RA
LV
RV
myocardium
apex
septum
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Step 3 Draw mitral valve.
The Left Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
LA
RA
mitral valve
(bicuspid valve)
LV
RV
myocardium
apex
septum
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Step 4 Draw aorta.
The Left Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
aorta
LA
RA
mitral valve
LV
myocardium
RV
septum
apex
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Step 5 Draw aortic valve.
The Left Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
aorta
LA
RA
mitral valve
aortic valve
LV
myocardium
RV
septum
apex
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Step 6 Draw pulmonary veins.
The Left Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
aorta
pulmonary veins
pulmonary veins
LA
RA
mitral valve
aortic valve
LV
myocardium
RV
septum
apex
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Step 7 Outline great vessels chambers with red
marker.
The Left Heart
Rt. side
Lt. side
aorta
pulmonary veins
pulmonary veins
LA
mitral valve
RA
aortic valve
myocardium
LV
RV
septum
apex
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Step 7 Outline valves in green. Color septum
myocardium in pink.
The Left Heart
Lt. side
Rt. side
aorta
pulmonary veins
pulmonary veins
LA
mitral valve
RA
aortic valve
LV
myocardium
RV
septum
apex
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Step 7 Indicate pathway of blood through left
heart with arrows.
The Left Heart
Lt. side
Rt. side
aorta
pulmonary veins
pulmonary veins
lung
lung
LA
mitral valve
RA
aortic valve
myocardium
LV
RV
septum
apex
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Final Step Draw entire internal view of the
human heart.
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Animations
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_blood_cell
http//www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Disease
s/hhw/hhw_pumping.html Blood The River of life
- http//library.thinkquest.org/C0115080/?cmain

http//www.medmovie.com/mmdatabase/MediaPlayer.asp
x?ClientID65TopicID768
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Cool Heart Sites

• NOVACut to the Heart
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/heartmap.html
• Go With the Flow (Awesome site that includes
  lesson plans)
• http//www.smm.org/heart/lessons/lesson6.thm
• Virtual Hospitals Cardiac Catheterization
  Introduction
• http//www.vh.org/Patients/IHB/IntMed/Cardio/Cath/
  Info.html