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Definition of Right atrium
1. Noun. The right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus.
Generic synonyms: Atrium Cordis, Atrium Of The Heart
Medical Definition of Right atrium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Right Atrium
Literary usage of Right atrium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"If the heart is pulled a little over to the left, this sulcus can be traced
downwards, along the lateral aspect of the right atrium, to the anterior aspect ..."
2. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1922)
"During fetal life the left atrium receives little blood from the lungs, so that
the pressure is much greater in the right atrium. As a result, the septum I ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"On the right it is limited by the sulcus terminalis of the right atrium, and on
the left by the ligament of the left vena cava and the oblique vein of the ..."
4. Anatomical terminology, with special reference to the (B N A): With Special by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1907)
"... heart Papillary muscles Tendinous cords Fibrous trigones Fibrous rings Right
atrium Pectinate ("comb-like") muscles Terminal sulcus of the right atrium ..."
5. Practical Anatomy of the Rabbit: An Elementary Laboratory Textbook in by Benjamin Arthur Bensley (1910)
"A corresponding right coronary artery (a. coronaria dextra) passes to the right
side of the heart, lying between the right ventricle and the right atrium. ..."
6. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Frederic Thomas Lewis, Philipp Stöhr (1913)
"As previously noted all the veins come together to enter the right atrium.
The original vitelline veins are no longer directly connected with the heart, ..."
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