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How does blood travel through your body?

The overall pattern of blood flow through your body is similar to a figure eight. The heart is at the center where the tow loops cross In the first loop the blood travels from the heart to the lungs and then it comes back up to the heart. in the second loop the blood travels from the heart throughout the body through the veins and back into the heart. The Arteries carry blood away from the heart. The aorta is the largest artery in the body from the arteries the blood flows into the capillaries and the blood from the capillaries flows into the veins in which the veins get the blood back to the heart

What is the role of the heart?

The heart is a hollow ,muscular organ that helps get blood through the body. The heart has help pumping blood through your body with blood vessels. The heart has a right side and a left side that is separated by a wall of tissue. each side has two chambers. The upper chamber is the atrium which receives blood that goes into the heart. The lower chamber is called a ventricle that pumps blood out of the heart into the blood vessels. The place maker a group of cells int he right atrium sends out signals that make the heart muscle contract. Valves separate the atria from the