AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Muscular walls, called septa or septum, divide the heart into two sides. On the right side of the heart, the right atrium and ventricle work to pump oxygen-poor blood to the lungs. On the left side, the left atrium and ventricle combine to pump oxygenated blood to the body.

Detailed explanation-2: -The two upper chambers are called the atria. The right atrium and left atrium are separated by a wall of tissue called the atrial septum. The two lower chambers are called the ventricles, and are separated into the right and left ventricle by the ventricular septum.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your heart has a right and left side separated by a wall called the septum. On each side of the wall, there is a small collecting chamber called an ‘atrium’, which leads into a large pumping chamber called a ‘ventricle’.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ventricular septum is much thicker than the atrial septum. It is a triangular wall of cardiac tissue that consists of muscular and membranous portions. Its purpose is to prevent blood from flowing back into the ventricles after pumping it out.