Computer Science and Engineering. Saravanan Raju received the 2017 Jane N. Ryland Fellowship from EDUCAUSE.
As deoxygenated blood flows into the right atrium, it passes through the tricuspid valve and into the right ventricle, which pumps the blood up through the pulmonary valve and through the pulmonary artery to the lungs.
A Patient's Guide to Heart Surgery. Valves of the Heart: Circulation of Blood, Part 1. The veins of the body all eventually drain into the right atrium, which is the receiving chamber of the right side of the heart. Once the right atrium is full, the tricuspid valve opens, allowing the de-saturated blood to flow into the right ventricle. The right ventricle then fills with the de-saturated blood.