Cardiac Quiz: Can You Find The Four Heart Valves?

By Adam Pick on June 18, 2008

Below you will find a neat animation of blood flowing through the human heart.

As you can see, blood is pumped through the atria into the ventricles and back out to the body and lungs.

Here is your cardiac question of the day, "Can you identify each of the four heart valves shown within this animation?"

Animated heart with arrows showing movement of blood in heart

Don't struggle. If you need a refresher on heart anatomy, watch this video about the four heart valves and their main function (opening and closing).

Keep on tickin!
Adam

Written by Adam Pick
Patient & Website Founder

Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder

Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder

Adam Pick is a heart valve patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. In 2006, Adam founded HeartValveSurgery.com to educate and empower patients. This award-winning website has helped over 10 million people fight heart valve disease. Adam has been featured by the American Heart Association and Medical News Today.

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