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  1. www.verywellhealth.com › right-atrium-7094063Right Atrium: Anatomy, Function, and Significance

    Jan 17, 2023 · The right atrium is one of the four chambers of the heart that collects deoxygenated blood and directs it ultimately to the lungs to receive oxygen. Problems with the right atrium can occur from birth or be acquired later in life, usually due to other problems with the heart and lungs.

  2. www.healthline.com › human-body-maps › right-atriumRight Atrium Function, Definition & Anatomy | Body Maps

    Apr 19, 2018 · Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium through the inferior and superior vena cava. The right side of the heart then pumps this deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary arteries around the...

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  4. my.clevelandclinic.org › health › bodyChambers of the Heart - Cleveland Clinic

    Right atrium. Your right atrium kicks off the action by taking in all the oxygen-poor (deoxygenated) blood from your body. Blood enters through two large veins called your superior vena cava and your inferior vena cava. Your right atrium takes this blood and passes it on to the next player, your right ventricle.

  5. www.kenhub.com › en › libraryHeart (right and left atrium): Anatomy and function | Kenhub

    Aug 17, 2023 · Much like the wide, open architectural atrium that functions as receiving sites for incoming guests, the cardiac atrium is a pair of chambers situated at the upper part of the heart that receives systemic and pulmonary blood. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the systemic circulation via the superior and inferior vena cava.

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  6. my.clevelandclinic.org › health › articlesHow Blood Flows Through the Heart & Body - Cleveland Clinic

    Nov 8, 2023 · The tricuspid valve connects your right atrium and right ventricle. The pulmonary valve connects your right ventricle and main pulmonary artery (large artery that carries blood to your lungs). The mitral valve connects your left atrium and left ventricle.

  7. www.elsevier.com › right-atrium › 19455Right Atrium | Complete Anatomy - Elsevier

    The right atrium sits anterior, inferior and to the right of the left atrium. It forms a portion of the upper anterior (sternocostal) surface and a portion of the right pulmonary surface of the heart. The right atrium has thin muscular walls as it functions under low pressure.

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  9. www.sciencing.com › functions-left-right-atria-5959629What Are The Functions Of The Left & Right Atria? | Sciencing

    Jul 30, 2019 · The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from all parts of the body and pumps this blood into the right ventricle. The lungs send the oxygenated blood to the left atrium, which pumps this blood into the left ventricle.