The difference between Atrium and Right atrium

When used as nouns, atrium means a central room or space in ancient roman homes, open to the sky in the middle, whereas right atrium means the chamber of the heart, in humans and other mammals, that receives deoxygenated blood from the venae cavae and pumps it into the right ventricle.


check bellow for the other definitions of Atrium and Right atrium

  1. Atrium as a noun (architecture):

    A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.

  2. Atrium as a noun (architecture):

    A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

  3. Atrium as a noun (anatomy):

    A cavity, entrance, or passage. One of two upper chambers of the heart.

    Examples:

    "an atrium of the [[infundibulum infundibula]] of the [[lung]]s"

  4. Atrium as a noun (biology):

    Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

  1. Right atrium as a noun (anatomy):

    The chamber of the heart, in humans and other mammals, that receives deoxygenated blood from the venae cavae and pumps it into the right ventricle.

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