RIGHT ATRIUM OF THE HEART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right atrium of the heart mean? 

• RIGHT ATRIUM OF THE HEART (noun)
  The noun RIGHT ATRIUM OF THE HEART 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 OF THE HEART used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHT ATRIUM OF THE HEART (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 of the heart" 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)

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)