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The nurse is teaching a client with cardiac disease about the anatomy and physiology of the heart. Which is the correct pathway of blood flow through the heart?

  • A. Right ventricle, left ventricle, right atrium, left atrium
  • B. Left ventricle, right ventricle, left atrium, right atrium
  • C. Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle
  • D. Right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, left ventricle
Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct pathway of blood flow through the heart starts with blood entering the right atrium, moving to the right ventricle, then to the lungs for oxygenation, returning to the left atrium, and finally to the left ventricle before being pumped out to the body. Option A is incorrect as it starts with the ventricles instead of the atria. Option B is incorrect as it has the sequence of ventricles before atria reversed. Option D is incorrect as it has the atria and ventricles mixed up.