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LEFT ATRIUM [1 record]

Record 1 1998-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
DEF

The left atrium, which receives oxygenated red blood from the lungs, is a thin-walled muscular chamber situated just behind the main left pumping chamber, and it contracts just prior to the left ventricle, thereby helping it to fill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
DEF

Cavité cardiaque qui reçoit le sang des veines pulmonaires.

CONT

Les oreillettes, plus petites que les ventricules, de forme grossièrement cubique, ont des parois minces et lisses; dans l'oreillette droite, débouchent les veines caves supérieure et inférieure; dans l'oreillette gauche, les quatre veines pulmonaires (deux par poumon).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Corazón
DEF

Aurícula del lado izquierdo del corazón, la que recibe la sangre de las venas pulmonares.

CONT

La aurícula derecha recibe la sangre venosa de la totalidad del organismo por medio de las venas cavas, y la aurícula izquierda la sangre oxigenada proveniente de los pulmones.

CONT

En la aurícula izquierda se abre hacia atrás el tronco de las venas pulmonares.

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