MEDICAL
HEART AND PERICARDIUM
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Question
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Which chamber do the pulmonary veins empty oxygenated blood into?
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right atrium
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left atrium
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right ventricle
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left ventricle
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The right ventricle pumps the blood to the lungs where it becomes oxygenated. The oxygenated blood is brought back to the heart by the pulmonary veins which enter the left atrium. From the left atrium blood flows into the left ventricle.
Detailed explanation-2: -Normal anatomy consists of four pulmonary veins in number, two for each lung and opened individually into the left atrium. The right superior pulmonary vein drains blood from right superior and right middle lobes.
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