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Definitions of atrium
  1. noun
    any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
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  2. noun
    the central area in a building; open to the sky
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  • ventricle a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
  • auricle a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart
  • auricular appendix a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
  • bicuspid valve valve with two cusps; situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle
  • vena cava either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
  • sinus coronarius a short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart; empties into the right atrium
  • mitral valve prolapse cardiopathy resulting from the mitral valve not regulating the flow of blood between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart
  • atrioventricular valve either of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles; prevents return of blood to the atrium
  • pulmonary vein any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart
  • left atrioventricular valve valve with two cusps; situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle
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