A NEW Ballot Drop Box has been installed by the County near the south mid-parking lot entrance to the Convention Center. You may drop your completed ballots inside the sleeve and envelope into the ballot box and the County
Each heart valve has two important functions: To open correctly so that blood can empty from the chamber. To close properly so that blood cannot flow the wrong way. When the valves and chambers fail to move blood properly, symptoms may eventually develop and may require critically important treatment. Learn more about the roles of your heart valves.
The Valves. Blood can flow from the atria down into the ventricles because there are openings in the walls that separate them. These openings are called valves because they open in one direction like trapdoors to let the blood pass through. Then they close, so the blood cannot flow backwards into the atria. With this system, blood always flows in only one direction inside the heart. There are also valves at the bottom of the large arteries that carry blood away from the heart: the aorta and the pulmonary artery. These valves keep the blood from flowing backward into the heart once it has been pumped out. * picture of the heart and its parts