Internal Structure Of The Heart Flashcards
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Brings blood from the lower body
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Inferior vena cava
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Brings blood from the upper body
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Superior vena cava
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Brings blood used by the heart muscle
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Opening of the coronary sinus
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Pectinate muscles in its flap like extension, the auricle. The wall of the atrium is smooth except for that ridges of the muscle in the auricle
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Right atrium
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Thin region of interatrial septum. Location of foramen ovale in the developing embryo
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Fossa ovalis
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Three thin membranous flaps formed from endocardium, the lining tissue of the heart. It separates the right atrium from the right ventricle
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Tricuspid valve
