APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

ANATOMY

CHEST AND CARDIOVASCULAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The heart chambers that pump blood out of the heart are the ____
A
atria
B
ventricles
C
aorta
D
valves
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A typical heart has two upper and two lower chambers. The upper chambers, the right and left atria, receive incoming blood. The lower chambers, the more muscular right and left ventricles, pump blood out of the heart.

Detailed explanation-2: -The upper chambers are the called atria and act as the receiving chambers. The lower chambers are called ventricles; these are the pumping chambers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The muscles of the ventricles then contract, and blood is pumped through the pulmonary and aortic valves into the main arteries.

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