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Right ventricle

Right ventricle

The muscular chamber of the heart which accepts blood from the right atrium and pumps it through the pulmonary artery into the lungs.


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

... but deoxygenated blood comes into R atrium, then goes into R ventricle, and finally leaves heart going through arteria pulmonalis. In ... but still oxygenated blod goes into left, and deoxygenated into right atrium. Reptiles - only crocodiles have, just like Aves(birds) 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: Artery vs Vein

... 0mmHG 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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Opening of the coronary artery & larynx

... valve? This was a question on a test and I received an X for this question. On the test, I wrote: "This is so that blood flow from the left ventricle flows controllably to the coronary artery. If the opening was in front of the semilunar valve, most of the blood from the left ventricle would ...

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by vertciel
Sat May 31, 2008 12:04 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Opening of the coronary artery & larynx
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Ventricle Size

The ventricles are the same size, because they pump the same amount of blood. However, the wall of the left ventricle is much thicker because it needs to give rise to a much higher pressure. So, if you include the wall in your ...

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by MrMistery
Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:35 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Ventricle Size
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Ventricle Size

I was wondering which of heart ventricles was larger? I can't seem to find that information anywhere, and the right side appears larger in my textbook. :?:

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by Schnarr
Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:27 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Ventricle Size
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