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From there, the blood leaves the heart through the aorta to be distributed throughout the body. Blood enters the heart through the superior and inferior venae cavae into the right atrium. This blood then flows through the right atrioventricular valve to the right ventricle.
As the heart beats, you can feel blood traveling through the body at your pulse points â like the neck and the wrist â where large, blood-filled arteries run close to the surface of the skin. The blood that flows through this network of veins and arteries is called whole blood.