EVERYDAY SCIENCE

SCIENCE

CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is the muscular wall that separates the heart into right and left sides?
A
valves
B
ventricles
C
atria
D
septum
Explanation: 

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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The atrio-ventricular septum separates the right atrium from the base of the left ventricle outflow tract.

Detailed explanation-4: -Septum heart function The septum helps keep oxygen-rich blood from the lungs from mixing with oxygen-poor blood from the body. It also prevents blood from flowing back into the heart chambers after pumping it out.

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