Left Atrium Of The Heart (Noun)
Meaning
The left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The left atrium of the heart pumps blood into the left ventricle through the mitral valve.
- Blood from the lungs empties into the left atrium of the heart before being pumped into the left ventricle.
- The left atrium of the heart is one of the four chambers that make up the human heart.
- During a cardiac cycle, the left atrium of the heart contracts to push blood into the left ventricle.
- The pulmonary veins empty oxygen-rich blood directly into the left atrium of the heart, which then pumps it into the left ventricle.