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Left atrium

Left atrium

(Science: anatomy) The thin-walled chamber of the heart which pumps blood into the left ventricle for ejection into the systemic circulation.


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Re: Why bronchial circ. dumps deoxygenated blood in2 L. atrium?

... the lungs themselves) does indeed dump deoxygenated blood into the left atrium. I know that this is not a significant issue, it just makes me curious. I have found ...

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by phuturephysician
Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:42 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Why bronchial circ. dumps deoxygenated blood in2 L. atrium?
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Why bronchial circ. dumps deoxygenated blood in2 L. atrium?

In human heart, oxygenated blood goes into left atrium by vena pulmonalis, but deoxygenated blood comes into R atrium, then goes into R ventricle, and ...

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by miloshic
Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:16 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Why bronchial circ. dumps deoxygenated blood in2 L. atrium?
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Re: Why bronchial circ. dumps deoxygenated blood in2 L. atrium?

Deoxygenated blood is being pumped into the left atrium which contains oxygenated blood. Mixing deoxygenated blood with oxygenated blood doesn't seem ...

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by phuturephysician
Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:29 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Why bronchial circ. dumps deoxygenated blood in2 L. atrium?
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Why bronchial circ. dumps deoxygenated blood in2 L. atrium?

... Why does the bronchial circulation dump deoxygenated blood into the left atrium? Thanks. Hope you can help.

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by phuturephysician
Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:09 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Why bronchial circ. dumps deoxygenated blood in2 L. atrium?
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Re: Artery vs Vein

... in the venue cavae, just before the venae cavae open into the right atrium of the heart. why? Arteries for the immense pressure when blood is pump out of from the left ventricle. As it flows from the heart-artery-arteries-arterioles-capilaries-venules-veins-vein-heart ...

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by chanhankiang
Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:01 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Artery vs Vein
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