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Deoxygenate blood from the body drains into the right atrium of the heart through the superior and inferior vena cave vessels. When the atria contract, blood is squeezed through the tricuspid valve into the ...

Mitral valve and tricuspid valves control blood flow from the atria to the ventricles. Mitral on the right side, and tricuspid on the left side of the heart Aortic valve controls blood flow between the left ...

Causes- Too much cholesterol in the blood. This can be as a result of high LDL and low HDL levels in the blood. or as it is more known as a high LDL:HDL ratio. LDL are not very good for you and a way to reme...

Firstly, we can see a difference in the letters, DNA has a D whereas RNA has an R, when we think about the full names we come to deoxyribose and ribose, which correspond to the different sugar molecules foun...

To understand how water is reabsorbed in the loop of Henle, it helps to first consider what happens in the ascending limb. The ascending limb is permeable to ions but impermeable to water. Ions are pumped ou...