APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

ANATOMY

CHEST AND CARDIOVASCULAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The upper chambers of the heart are called ____
A
valves
B
auricles
C
ventricles
D
arteries
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The two upper thin walled chambers of the heart are called auricle or atria (singular: atrium) and two lower thick walled chambers are called ventricles.

Detailed explanation-2: -The heart cavity is divided down the middle into a right and a left heart, which in turn are subdivided into two chambers. The upper chamber is called an atrium (or auricle), and the lower chamber is called a ventricle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Complete answer: The upper chambers of the heart are called auricles. It receives incoming blood. The human heart is divided into four chambers – the two upper chambers are the left atrium or auricle and right atrium or auricle. The two lower chambers are called ventricles.

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