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Your heart has four separate chambers. You have two chambers on the top (atrium, plural atria) and two on the bottom (ventricles), one on each side of your heart. Right atrium: Two large veins deliver oxygen-poor blood to your right atrium. The superior vena cava carries blood from your upper body.
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31 paź 2024 · Heart, organ that serves as a pump to circulate the blood. It may be as simple as a straight tube, as in spiders and annelid worms, or as complex as the four-chambered double pump that is the center of the circulatory system in humans, other mammals, and birds. Learn more about the heart in this article.
26 wrz 2019 · An Introduction to the Human Body. 1.0 Introduction. 1.1 How Structure Determines Function. 1.2 Structural Organization of the Human Body. 1.3 Homeostasis. 1.4 Anatomical Terminology. 1.5 Medical Imaging. Chapter 2. The Chemical Level of Organization. 2.0 Introduction. 2.1 Elements and Atoms: The Building Blocks of Matter. 2.2 Chemical Bonds.
Anatomy. The heart is a conical hollow muscular organ situated in the middle mediastinum and is enclosed within the pericardium. It is positioned posteriorly to the body of the sternum with one-third situated on the right and two-thirds on the left of the midline. The heart measures 12 x 8.5 x 6 cm and weighs ~310 g (males) and ~255 g (females).
This book covers the latest information on the anatomic features, underlying physiologic mechanisms, and treatments for diseases of the heart. Key chapters address animal models for cardiac research, cardiac mapping systems, heart-valve disease and genomics-based tools and technology.
