MEDICINE
CARDIOLOGY
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Question
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Each upper chamber of the heart is called a(n) ____
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ventricle
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pulmonary artery
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spleen
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atrium
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The upper chambers-the right and left atria-receive incoming blood. The lower chambers-the right and left ventricles-pump blood out of your heart.
Detailed explanation-2: -The atrium was formerly called the ‘auricle’. That term is still used to describe this chamber in some other animals, such as the Mollusca.
Detailed explanation-3: -atrium, in vertebrates and the higher invertebrates, heart chamber that receives blood into the heart and drives it into a ventricle, or chamber, for pumping blood away from the heart.
Detailed explanation-4: -The upper chamber is called an atrium (or auricle), and the lower chamber is called a ventricle.
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