English Explanatory Dictionary

left atrium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One of the chambers of the heart in humans and other mammals, which receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins, and pumps it into the left ventricle.

Word forms

left atrium left atriums left atria

Related words

right atrium

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