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RIGHT AURICLE [1 record]

Record 1 1998-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
DEF

A thin-walled muscular heart chamber situated behind the right ventricle which receives venous blood from the large veins which drain the body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
DEF

Cavité cardiaque qui reçoit le sang des veines caves.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Corazón
DEF

La aurícula del lado derecho del corazón que recibe la sangre de las venas cavas y del seno coronario. Dícese también atrio.

CONT

La aurícula derecha tiene la forma de un ovoide irregular cuyo eje mayor es casi vertical. Se le reconocen seis paredes.

CONT

Cada una de las dos cámaras musculares cardíacas de forma cuboidea irregular y paredes delgadas y flácidas, situadas por detrás de los ventrículos, con los que se comunican a través de los orificios auriculoventriculares correspondientes: la aurícula derecha (atrium dextrum N.A.) recibe la sangre venosa de la totalidad del organismo por medio de las venas cavas, [...]

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