A nurse is teaching the patient with mitral valve problems about the valves in the heart. Starting on the right side of the heart, describe the sequence of the blood flow through these valves.
1) Mitral
2) Aortic
3) Tricuspid
4) Pulmonic
A) 1, 3, 2, 4
B) 4, 3, 2, 1
C) 3, 4, 1, 2
D) 2, 4, 1, 3

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The blood flows through the valves in the following direction: tricuspid, pulmonic, mitral, and aortic.

A Nurse Is Teaching the Patient with Mitral Valve Problems