Atrium Of The Heart (Noun)
Meaning
The upper chamber of each half of the heart.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The atrium of the heart receives blood returning to the heart through the veins and sends it down to the ventricles.
- In a normal heart, the atrium of the heart makes up the upper chambers where blood is collected and then flows to the lower chambers, the ventricles.
- Blood flows from the right atrium of the heart to the right ventricle and from the left atrium of the heart to the left ventricle through valves that prevent backflow of blood.
- There is one atrium of the heart on each side of the heart: the right atrium and the left atrium.
- Each atrium of the heart contracts to push blood into the corresponding ventricle during a normal heartbeat.