Monday, April 21, 2008

Heart Chambers

What are the different chambers of the heart and how do they differ?

5 comments:

Maggie said...

Ventricle (heart), the pumping chambers of the heart. The Auricle is in the heart too. Ventricle can pup the blood in the vaine.

Tiffany said...

The left atrium receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins and pumps it through the mitral valve into the left ventricle. The left ventricle receives oxygen rich blood from the left atrium and pumps it through the aortic valve to the entire body via the aorta, including to the heart muscle itself through the coronary arteries. The two ventricles (right and left) are muscular chambers that propel the blood out of the heart (the right ventricle to the lungs, and the left ventricle to all other organs). The two atria (right and left) hold the blood returning to the heart, and at just the right moment empty into the right and left ventricles. The four heart valves (tricuspid, pulmonic, mitral and aortic) keep the blood moving in the right direction through the heart.

aaron peterson said...

Left atrium receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins and pumps it through the mitral valve into the left ventricle.
Left ventricle receives oxygen-rich blood from the left atrium and pumps it through the aortic valve to the entire body via the aorta, including to the heart muscle itself through the coronary arteries.

jacob ochsner said...

The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs through the pulmonary veins and pumps it through the mitral valve into the left ventricle.
The left ventricle receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and pumps it through the aortic valve to the entire body through the aorta, including to the heart muscle.

Anonymous said...

The left atrium receives oxygen rich blood from the lungs. The left ventricle receives oxygen rich blood left atrium and pumps it through the aortic valve. The two ventricles are muscular chambers that move blood out of the heart.