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Definition of Atrium of the heart
1. Noun. The upper chamber of each half of the heart.
Terms within: Atrial Auricle, Auricle, Auricula Atrii, Auricula, Auricular Appendage, Auricular Appendix
Generic synonyms: Atrium
Specialized synonyms: Atrium Dextrum, Right Atrium, Right Atrium Of The Heart, Atrium Sinistrum, Left Atrium, Left Atrium Of The Heart
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atrium Of The Heart
Literary usage of Atrium of the heart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The pulmonary veins return the arterialized blood from the lungs to the left
atrium of the heart. They are four in number, two from each lung, ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Medical & Surgical Uses of Electricity by George Miller Beard, Alphonso David Rockwell (1871)
"If the ventricle and atrium of the heart of a frog, which are supplied by filaments
from the vagi, be electrified, it becomes constricted and its pulsations ..."
3. The Physiologia of Jean Fernel (1567) by Jean Fernel (2003)
"... and its distribution was discussed previously little above the right atrium
of the heart, the vena cava gives off another kinc branch, which is alone ..."
4. The Early Embryology of the Chick by Bradley Merrill Patten (1920)
"... ends of the anterior cardinals become connected by the formation of a new
transverse vessel and empty together into the venous atrium of the heart. ..."
5. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"The pulmonary veins return the arterialized blood from the lungs to the left
atrium of the heart. They are four in number, two from each lung, ..."
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