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Definition of Left atrium of the heart
1. Noun. The left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Left Atrium Of The Heart
Literary usage of Left atrium of the heart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"... blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. They are four in number,
two from each lung, and are destitute of valves. ..."
2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The pulmonary veins return the arterialized blood from the lungs to the left
atrium of the heart. They are four in number, two from each lung, ..."
3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"Part of the blood which they convey to the lungs is returned by the pulmonary
veins to the left atrium of the heart, but the remainder is returned by ..."
4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"Part of the blood which they convey to the lungs is returned by the pulmonary
veins to the left atrium of the heart, but the remainder is returned by ..."
5. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1901)
"... of upper half of left atrium of the heart of the gray rat 410 289. Nerve endings
in the lung of the frog 411 270. Sensory nerve endings in the ciliary ..."
6. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Stasis in the pulmonary veins may occur in any condition that causes directly or
indirectly a dilatation of the left atrium of the heart. ..."
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