RIGHT ATRIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right atrium mean? 

• RIGHT ATRIUM (noun)
  The noun RIGHT ATRIUM has 1 sense:

1. the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus

  Familiarity information: RIGHT ATRIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHT ATRIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

atrium dextrum; right atrium; right atrium of the heart

Hypernyms ("right atrium" is a kind of...):

atrium cordis; atrium of the heart (the upper chamber of each half of the heart)

 Context examples 

A thin, flexible tube that is inserted into a vein in the neck or below the collar bone and guided (threaded) into the right atrium of the heart.

(External right atrial catheter, NCI Dictionary)

The tissue that separates the right atrium from the left atrium in the heart.

(Interatrial Septum, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding suggesting underlying hypertrophy or dilatation of the right atrium.

(P-pulmonale by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel in the heart which returns coronary blood to the right atrium.

(Coronary Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The coronary vein that terminates in the right atrium and transports deoxygenated blood from the coronary circulation.

(Coronary Sinus, NCI Thesaurus)

The right atrium receives venous deoxygenated blood from the entire body via the superior and inferior vena cavae and pumps blood into the right ventricle.

(Cardiac Atrium, NCI Thesaurus)

It is guided (threaded) into a large vein near the heart called the vena cava or into the right atrium of the heart.

(Central venous access catheter, NCI Dictionary)

A congenital heart disorder in which one or two pulmonary veins are not connected to the left atrium and drain into the right atrium instead.

(Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgery performed for the purpose of reducing regurgitation of the cardiac valve between the right atrium and right ventricle.

(Cardiac Tricuspid Valve Repair, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The hole in the right atrium where the inferior vena cava enters.

(Inferior Vena Cava Opening, NCI Thesaurus)