Atrium (heart)

*Atrium*
Atrium
	Front view of heart showing the atria
Details
Part of	Heart vena cavae
System	Circulatory system
Identifiers
Latin	Atrium
TH
TE
FMA
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The atrium (Latin: [ātrium] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) or auricle is the upper part through which blood enters the ventricles of the heart.

There are two atria in the human heart. The left atrium receives blood from the pulmonary (lung) circulation. The right atrium receives blood from the venae cavae (venous circulation).^[1]

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Atrium (heart) Media

Right heart anatomy, right ventricle seen on right of illustration
Left atrial appendage shown at upper right
CT scan of the chest showing a thrombus in the left atrial appendage (left: axial plane, right: coronal plane)

Related pages

Atrial syncytium
Left atrial volume
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References

↑ Parekh A, Jaladi R, Sharma S, Van Decker WA, Ezekowitz MD (September 2006). "Images in cardiovascular medicine. The case of a disappearing left atrial appendage thrombus: direct visualization of left atrial thrombus migration, captured by echocardiography, in a patient with atrial fibrillation, resulting in a stroke". Circulation. 114 (13): e513–14. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.617886. PMID 17000914.

[pmid17000914-1] Parekh A, Jaladi R, Sharma S, Van Decker WA, Ezekowitz MD (September 2006). "Images in cardiovascular medicine. The case of a disappearing left atrial appendage thrombus: direct visualization of left atrial thrombus migration, captured by echocardiography, in a patient with atrial fibrillation, resulting in a stroke". Circulation. 114 (13): e513–14. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.617886. PMID 17000914.

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