MEDICAL
HEART AND PERICARDIUM
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Question
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The two superior receiving chambers of the heart are known as the ____
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atria
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ventricles
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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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 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: -The heart and blood vessels make up the. cardiovascular system. Structure of the Heart. The heart has four chambers: two upper chambers call the right and left atrium and two lower chambers called the right and left ventricle. There is a wall between the two atria called the atrial septum.
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