MEDICAL
HEART AND PERICARDIUM
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Question
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The ____ has the thickest wall because it pumps blood to the ____
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right atrium; systemic circuit
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right ventricle; lungs
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left atrium; lungs
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left ventricle; systemic circuit
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The left ventricle of the heart has a thicker wall than the right ventricle because the left ventricle has to pump blood away from the heart and to all the body parts whereas the right ventricle only has to pump blood to the lungs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Normally, the left ventricular free wall is thickest at the cardiac base and it gradually becomes thinner towards the apex.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why is the left ventricular wall of the heart thicker than the right ventricular wall? To accommodate a greater volume of blood. To expand the thoracic cage during diastole.
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