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The left side of your heart (specifically the left ventricle) is larger and this is because more muscle is required to pump the blood through the entire body where as the other chambers of the hear only receive blood and pump blood a few inches away to the lungs.

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What side of the heart has thicker muscles and why?

The muscle of the left side of your heart is larger and thicker than the right one because the left part of your heart has to pump blood to your whole body, while the right part only has to pump blood to your lungs. More work needs bigger muscles.


Which side of the sheep heart is thicker?

left side


Does the right or the left of the heart have the thicker muscle?

The left side of the heart has larger muscle.


Which areas of the heart are thinner or thicker?

The left ventricle (the lower chamber on the left side of your heart).


Is the blood vessel thin or thick walled towards the heart?

Thicker


Why does the left side of the heart thicker than the right side of the heart?

Because it pumps blood to the whole body


When blood flows through the heart what force the blood out of the heart and into the arteries?

The atria Actually, it is the contractions (squeezing) of the ventricles (the lower parts of the heart), not the atria (the upper parts), that do the pumping. That's why the lower part of the heart is larger, and the muscular walls are thicker. The atria receive the blood from the body and pump it down into the ventricles.


When blood flows through the heart what forces pushes the blood out of the heart and into the arteries?

The atria Actually, it is the contractions (squeezing) of the ventricles (the lower parts of the heart), not the atria (the upper parts), that do the pumping. That's why the lower part of the heart is larger, and the muscular walls are thicker. The atria receive the blood from the body and pump it down into the ventricles.


When blood flows through the heart what force pushed the blood out of the heart and into the arterie?

The atria Actually, it is the contractions (squeezing) of the ventricles (the lower parts of the heart), not the atria (the upper parts), that do the pumping. That's why the lower part of the heart is larger, and the muscular walls are thicker. The atria receive the blood from the body and pump it down into the ventricles.


Which chamber of heart is more thicker and why?

The wall of the ventricles is thicker than the walls of the atria as they have to be stronger as they have to pump the blood around the body where as the atria only have to pump blood into the ventricles


Why it is important that the ventricles are bigger and thicker than the atria?

ventricles are the pumping chambers of the heart, so they have to be thicker and bigger to exert enough force to perform their function.


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.