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When atria relax ventricles do what?
When relaxed, the atria expand, and then the ventricles contract.
Do atria contract before the ventricles?
Yes, atria contracts before the ventricles.
What difference atria and ventricles fetal pig?
the difference between the ventricles and the atria is that the ventricles are thicker
Are ventricles superior?
In the context of the heart, the ventricles are not considered superior; they are actually located inferior to the atria. The atria are positioned above the ventricles, receiving blood from the body and lungs before it is pumped into the ventricles. Therefore, in anatomical terms, the atria are superior to the ventricles.
Why is the heart called a dual action pump?
Its a Dual Pump because it contains 2 pumps, the atria and the ventricles. Atria work as a weak primer pump that pump to the ventricles and ventricles are the major pump that distributes it.
What part of the blood is atria and ventricles?
The Atria and Ventricles are parts of the heart not the blood. The Atria is the upper chambers of the heart and the Ventricles are the lower chambers of the heart.
Function of atria?
ventricles
How many atria and ventricles do you find in a fish heart?
2, the atria is the upper chamber of the heart. since there is alower and upper chamber in the heart, and the upper part is the atria, do the math: four chamber divided in half (two lower and two upper and 2+2=4) equals two which gives the the number of atria!
Why have the ventricles got thicker walls then the atria?
atria are just the receiving chambers, it is the ventricles that actually pump the blood into the pulmonary and systemic circuits
What makes the valves between atriums open and close?
There are no valves between the atria. The valves between the atria and ventricles close when the ventricles contract.
What part of your body has two atria and two ventricles?
I believe this would be your heart because that is the only time ventricles and atria are brought up.
What is the scientific term for heart cavities?
The 4 chambers of the heart consist of 2 atria and 2 ventricles.
