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The left atrium of the human heart (your right side, the surgeon's left) receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pushes it through the mitral valve into the left ventricle. The left ventricle pushes the oxygenated blood out to the body.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe left atrium pumps blood to the pulmonary artery, which takes the blood to the lungs, where the blood exchanges it's carbon dioxide for oxygen.
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The left atrium pushes the oxygenated blood to the left ventricle then left ventrical pumps it to the aorta.
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∙ 12y agoThe function of the left and the right atria is to force blood on to the left and right ventricles of the heart in order to allow blood flow through the heart.
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∙ 12y agoLeft atrium receives oxygenated blood from pulmonary veins which bring purified blood from lungs and passes the pure blood into left ventricle.
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∙ 10y agoIt increases the input pressure to the left ventricle during filling.
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∙ 13y agoIts main function is to pump blood to different parts of our body.
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∙ 11y agoTo collect oxygenated blood from lung and push it to left ventricle
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∙ 14y agoThe left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins and then pumps the blood into the left ventricle.
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What is the function of biscupid valve?
Blood passes fro mthe left atrium into the left ventricle through the biscuspid (mitral) valve.
Which chamber receives blood returning from the body?
Which chamber receives blood from the right atrium?
How does oxygenated blood get into the left atrium?
Oxygenated blood leaves the lungs through the pulmonary veins and then into the left atrium.
4 hollow sections of the heart?
They are the right ventricle, left ventricle, right atrium, and left atrium. For more details you can take a look here: http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/starthere/a/chambersvalves.htm http://www.revolutionhealth.com/articles/chambers-of-the-heart/tp10241
What is the function of left venticle?
The left ventricle is one of the 4 chambers of the heart
Function of the frog left atrium?
It is for your mom
What are the upper chambers of the heart and how do they function?
You have left and right atrium. Right atrium gets blood from whole body and pump it into right ventricle. The left atrium gets blood from lungs and pumps the same into left ventricle. You have valves to help in this function.
What are the upper chambers of the heart and their function?
right and left atrium. they collect and hold blood before sending them into the ventricles where they are pumped to all parts of the body.right and left atrium. they collect and hold blood before sending them into the ventricles where they are pumped away from the heart.right and left atrium. they collect and hold blood before sending them into the ventricles where they are pumped to all parts of the body.
What is the function of the Mitral valve?
a passage way from the left atrium to the left ventricle.It prevents back flow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium.prevents backflow of blood from the left ventricle into the left atrium.
How does the size of the right atrium compare to the left atrium?
the size of the right atrium is smaller that the left atrium.
What is the function of the left pulmonary vein?
To return blood from the inferior lobe of the right lung to the left atrium Sierra Q
What is the function of biscupid?
Blood passes fro mthe left atrium into the left ventricle through the biscuspid (mitral) valve.
Where does the left atrium lead to?
The left atrium empties into the left ventricle. The left atrium and left ventricle are separated by the left AV valve, or mitral valve.
What is the function of biscupid valve?
Blood passes fro mthe left atrium into the left ventricle through the biscuspid (mitral) valve.
What are the 4 chambers of the heart?
Right Atrium , Left Atrium , Right Ventricle , Left Ventricle
Where is the blood that enters the left ventricle coming from?
the left atrium
What is the function of thepulmonary vein?
pulmonar vein pumps the oxygenated blood from lungs to heart (left atrium).
