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Which chamber forms the right border of the heart?
Which chamber forms the right border of the heart?
- Right atrium (correct)
- Left ventricle
- Left atrium
- Right ventricle
What does the right auricle do?
What does the right auricle do?
- Projects from the left atrium
- Pumps oxygenated blood
- Receives venous blood
- Increases the capacity of the atrium (correct)
Which part of the right atrium is smooth and thin-walled?
Which part of the right atrium is smooth and thin-walled?
- Posterior part (correct)
- Anterior wall
- Pectinate muscles
- Right AV orifice
What type of muscles make up the rough, muscular anterior wall of the right atrium?
What type of muscles make up the rough, muscular anterior wall of the right atrium?
Through which orifice does the right atrium discharge poorly oxygenated blood into the right ventricle?
Through which orifice does the right atrium discharge poorly oxygenated blood into the right ventricle?
Which structure separates the smooth and rough parts of the atrial wall externally?
Which structure separates the smooth and rough parts of the atrial wall externally?
Where does the inferior vena cava open into the right atrium?
Where does the inferior vena cava open into the right atrium?
What is the function of the coronary sinus?
What is the function of the coronary sinus?
What is the oval fossa a remnant of?
What is the oval fossa a remnant of?
Where does the superior vena cava open into the right atrium?
Where does the superior vena cava open into the right atrium?
Which part of the heart do pectinate muscles primarily mark?
Which part of the heart do pectinate muscles primarily mark?
Which chamber forms the largest part of the anterior surface of the heart?
Which chamber forms the largest part of the anterior surface of the heart?
What is the name of the arterial cone that tapers superiorly from the right ventricle?
What is the name of the arterial cone that tapers superiorly from the right ventricle?
What separates the ridged muscular wall of the inflow part of the right ventricle from the smooth wall of the outflow part?
What separates the ridged muscular wall of the inflow part of the right ventricle from the smooth wall of the outflow part?
Through which orifice does the right atrium receive blood from the right atrium?
Through which orifice does the right atrium receive blood from the right atrium?
Where is the right AV orifice located?
Where is the right AV orifice located?
Which structure prevents the cusps of the tricuspid valve from prolapsing into the right atrium during ventricular systole?
Which structure prevents the cusps of the tricuspid valve from prolapsing into the right atrium during ventricular systole?
What do the papillary muscles do before contraction of the right ventricle?
What do the papillary muscles do before contraction of the right ventricle?
What is the function of the tricuspid valve?
What is the function of the tricuspid valve?
What attaches to the free edges and ventricular surfaces of the cusps of the tricuspid valve?
What attaches to the free edges and ventricular surfaces of the cusps of the tricuspid valve?
Which muscle arises from the anterior wall of the right ventricle and attaches to the anterior and posterior cusps of the tricuspid valve?
Which muscle arises from the anterior wall of the right ventricle and attaches to the anterior and posterior cusps of the tricuspid valve?
Which muscle arises from the inferior wall of the right ventricle and attaches to the posterior and septal cusps of the tricuspid valve?
Which muscle arises from the inferior wall of the right ventricle and attaches to the posterior and septal cusps of the tricuspid valve?
Which muscle arises from the interventricular septum and attaches to the anterior and septal cusps of the tricuspid valve?
Which muscle arises from the interventricular septum and attaches to the anterior and septal cusps of the tricuspid valve?
Which part of the interventricular septum forms the majority of the septum and has the thickness of the left ventricle wall?
Which part of the interventricular septum forms the majority of the septum and has the thickness of the left ventricle wall?
Which part of the interventricular septum is a thin membrane that forms the smaller membranous part of the septum?
Which part of the interventricular septum is a thin membrane that forms the smaller membranous part of the septum?
Which structure deflects the incoming flow into the main cavity of the ventricle and the outgoing flow into the conus arteriosus toward the pulmonary orifice?
Which structure deflects the incoming flow into the main cavity of the ventricle and the outgoing flow into the conus arteriosus toward the pulmonary orifice?
Where is the pulmonary valve located?
Where is the pulmonary valve located?
What is the name of the arterial cone that tapers superiorly from the right ventricle?
What is the name of the arterial cone that tapers superiorly from the right ventricle?
At what level is the pulmonary valve located?
At what level is the pulmonary valve located?
