Atrium (heart)
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The atrium is one of the two upper chambers in the heart that receives blood from the circulatory system. The blood in the atria is pumped into the heart ventricles through the atrioventricular mitral
Right heart anatomy, right ventricle seen on right of illustration
Left atrial appendage shown at upper right
CT scan of the chest showing a thrombus in the left atrial appendage (left: axial plane, right: coronal plane)
Inferior vena cava
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The inferior vena cava is a large vein that carries the deoxygenated blood from the lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart. It is formed by the joining of the right and the left comm
Atrium (heart)
…the coronary sinus. Attached to each atrium is an atrial appendage. The right atrium receives and holds deoxygenated blood from the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, anterior cardiac veins, smallest cardiac veins and the coronary sinus, which it then sends down to the right ventricle through the tricuspid valve…
Inferior vena cava front view
Image of an inferior vena cava filter