Most heart diagrams show the left atrium and ventricle on the right side of the diagram. Imagine the heart in the body of a person facing you. The left side of their heart is on their left, but since you are facing them, it is on your right. 1. Identify the right and left sides of the heart. Look closely and on one side you will see a diagonal line of blood vessels that divide the heart. The half that includes all of the apex (pointed end) of the heart is the left side.
Monday, February 13, 2017
The Features, Structures and Functions of the Heart
Receives deoxygenated blood returning to the heart from the vena cava and pumps it to the right ventricle. Left atrium: Receives oxygenated blood returning to the heart from the pulmonary veins and pumps it to the left ventricle. Ventricles thicker walls (than atria), the left is thicker than the right as blood must be pumped all around the body tendinous chords papillary muscles interventricular septum (separates ventricles) Right ventricle: Receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium and pumps it to the pulmonary artery in which it is transported to the lungs.
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