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The myocardium of what ventricle is thicker than the other ventricle?
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∙ 13y ago
The left side of the heart has a thicker ventricular wall.
The left ventricle is responsible for pumping oxygenated blood into the aorta, thereby providing oxygen to all parts of the body. The right ventricle, in contrast, only has the responsibility of pumping de-oxygenated blood into the lungs for the exchange of gases, which requires less pressure than pushing blood through the entire body.
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Why is the myocardium of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?
it pumps blood into the high resistance systemic circulation
Is the right myocardium thicker than the left myocardium?
No, left is thicker than right.
Why are the walls of the ventricle thicker than the walls of the atria?
The ventricle wall is thicker as it needs to pump blood from the heart to other parts of the body and so it has more pressure than the ventricle walls.
Why is the left ventricle thicker than then right ventricle?
In a mirror.
When the heart muscle contract?
The heart muscle, myocardium, contracts when in the systolic phase, which is the part when the blood is being pushed out of the left ventricle into the aorta. The wall of the left ventricle tends to be much thicker than than the right ventricle because of the amount of of pressure it exerts the oxygen rich blood into the aorta. Seeing as though the heart is a muscle, if it is worked more, it gets stronger. The myocardium is an involuntary muscle that is controlled by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors.
Why are the walls of the ventricle thicker than those of the ventricle?
Do you mean that the left ventricle's walls are thicker than the right's? It's because one side has to pump blood only to the lungs, while the other side needs to pump blood to the entire body, and needs to be stronger.
Why is the wall of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?
The right ventricle just receive the blood and pump it into the lungs only, but the left ventricle pump the blood to all round the body, to do the ventricle wall is more thicker, that's why the left ventricle have thicker wall..... Hope I helped you!! (Ivy Yumi Y)
What adaptation do you see with the walls of the left ventricle being thicker than those of the right ventricle?
The wall of the left ventricle is thicker because it pumps blood to the entire body. The right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs, so it does not have to be as strong as the left ventricle.The oxygenated blood that comes into the left ventricle has to be transported to all the parts of the body. For this reason, the left ventricle has thicker muscle walls that pump blood at a higher pressure than the right ventricle that pumps blood only to the lungs.
What part of the frog's heart is thicker?
The wall of the ventricle is thicker than the walls of the atria because the ventricle pumps blood throughout the body, and the wall of the ventricle needs to be thick snd muscular in order to do so.
Why is the ventricle of the frog's heart thicker and more muscular than the atria?
A ventricle's walls are thicker than those of the atrium because it needs to generate higher pressure. This higher pressure is needed to push blood into the circulation, while the atrium only needs to push blood into the ventricle.
Why does the ventricle have a thicker wall than the atrium?
The ventricle has to pump blood throughout the entire body, so it needs more muscle to do that.
Is the left ventricle thicker than right ventricle because pumps blood against a greater resistance?
The left side of the heart is much bigger and stronger because it must pump blood through out to the entire body. The right side of the heart must only pump blood through the lungs (and then to the left side). So, since the blood is pumped in through and out of the left side with more pressure, the myocardium must be thicker.
