Essays Tagged: "Left atrium"

Inter-Organismal Transport System in Humans

membrane. The oxygen-rich blood runs through the pulmonary veins where finally it assembles in the left atrium. The final step in the process occurs when the left ventricle contracts due to the colle ... inal step in the process occurs when the left ventricle contracts due to the collected blood in the left atrium, and sends the blood into the aorta. According to Encarta Encyclopedia Online, it takes ...

(6 pages) 65 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Practical report on the disection of a sheep heart.

t has four chambers and is similar in size. Two of these chambers are receiving chambers called the left and right atrium. The other two are pumping chambers called the right and left ventricle.The re ... the blood is pumped into the lungs where it is oxygenated, the oxygenated blood travels through the left ventricle then pushes the blood through the aorta, which provides the body with blood.AimsThe a ...

(2 pages) 70 2 3.8 Aug/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

The movement cycle of the erythrocyte (or red blood cell).

red blood cell (erythrocyte) which is contained in plasma, becomes oxygenated in a capillary in the left lung. From here it is forced into one of the pulmonary veins, and transported into the left atr ... reservoir, which then contracts, squeezing out any blood which hasn't already passed along into the left ventricle. The left ventricle is the most muscular part of the heart, and it is made up of a ch ...

(1 pages) 31 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

A brief description of cardiac myxomas and the anesthetic implications for anestesia providers. Some of the formatting of this paper has been lost....the superscripts for references lost their format.

omas are rare, benign, slow growing primary cardiac tumors found most commonly in the septum of the left atrium, although they can occur in any chamber of the heart.1,2,3,4 Myxomas account for about 5 ... diac tumors making them the most common.14,15,16,17,18 Approximately 70-85% of myxomas occur in the left atrium and the remainder in the right atrium.1,2,5,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,16,17 Very rarely one wil ...

(8 pages) 56 0 2.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Frog disection

ompleted nutrients are absorbed into the blood through the walls of the small intestines. The waste left over is moved into the large intestine where water is reabsorbed. Then the waste is eliminated ... , H., Hays, S., Walker D., Linden R. 1982) The frog's heart consists of three chambers. The left atrium receives "oxygenated" oxygen rich blood from the lungs, while the right atrium receives ...

(3 pages) 4354 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

The Heart And It's Function: Presentation

ealthy heart?Your heart is a pump. Its walls are made of thick muscle. It's located a little to the left of the middle of your chest, and it's about the size of your fist. You probably know what the h ... lls. To stay alive, a person needs healthy, living cells. Without oxygen, these cells would die.The left side of your heart sends that oxygen-rich blood out to the body. The body takes the oxygen out ...

(3 pages) 2890 0 0.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

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irectly from the four pulmonary veins: A.lungsB.right atriumC.right ventricleD.left atriumE.left ventricle3. Which one of the following blood vessels is NOT part of the sy ... teriesE.pulmonary arteries4. The superior vena cava empties: A.oxygenated blood into the left atriumB.oxygenated blood into the left ventricleC.deoxygenated blood into the right ...

(12 pages) 0 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama