Oxygenated

Relating to the lungs

Deoxygenated The valve which prevents backflow from the pulmonary

artery to the right ventricle
Pulmonary vein Separates the two sides of the heart, keeping
oxygenated and deoxygenated blood apart.
Pulmonary Blood vessels on the surface of the heart which supply
artery the heart itself with blood.
Aorta Blood without oxygen (usually coloured blue on a
diagram)
Vena cava The valve which prevents backflow from the right
ventricle to the right atrium
Ventricle The major blood vessel which carries oxygenated blood
from the heart to the body.
Atrium
Relating to the body

Mitral valve
One of the bottom two chambers of the heart

Tricuspid Blood with oxygen (usually coloured red on a diagram)

valve
Pulmonary
valve One of the top two chambers of the heart

Aortic valve Blood vessel which returns with oxygenated blood from
the lungs to the left atrium
Septum The muscle of the heart, cardiac muscle which never
fatigues (gets tired)
Myocardium Blood vessel which leaves the right ventricle
transporting deoxygenated blood to the lungs
Pulmonary Valve which prevents backflow from the aorta to the
left ventricle
Systemic The valve which prevents backflow from the left
ventricle to the left atrium
Coronary The major blood vessel which returns deoxygenated
artery blood to the heart from the body