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Posterior is a word that derives from the latin prefix "post", meaning behind. Thusly, posterior is in reference to anything located behind something, so the posterior end of the heart is the one facing back.
The surface that is close to your sternum is called as anterior surface. The surface that is close to your back is called as posterior surface. Posterior surface is also called as the base of the heart.
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How many sides is the heart?
there are 4 part to a heart left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle
What is the bottom half of the heart called?
right ventricle Ventricles, left and right
What side of your heart is red and what side is blue?
On the left it's blue and on the right it's red, but the heart curves in a way where it's on both sides.
Do oxygenated and deoxygenated blood mix in the heart?
No, the deoxygenated blood enters and leaves the heart through the right side and the oxygenated blood enters and leaves the heart through the left side. Both sides of the heart are separated by a wall called a septum. The wall between the left and right atria is the interatrial septum and the wall between the left and right ventricles is the interventricular septum.
What region of the heart can be checked by a cardiac catheterization?
A test that can be performed on either side of the heart, cardiac catheterization checks for different functions in both the left and right sides.
How many sides does a heart have?
A heart has 2 sides. Left side, right side.
How are the left and right sides of the heart different?
the left side of heart is thick walled.
What are the chambers in the heart identify?
There is the left and right atrium at the top and left and right ventricle at the bottom
What happen if there is a hole between the right and left sides of the heart?
Right to left shunt
What are the name four sides of heart?
the left and right atria and the left and right ventricles
How many sides is the heart?
there are 4 part to a heart left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle
The heart is divide into right and lefts sides by the?
The heart is divided into right and left sides by the a Cuckaroo Suture. Nothing more.
Look at the diagram of the heart. What divides the right and left sides of the heart?
The section of the heart that divides the left and right side of the heart is called the interventricular septum.
What is the role of the muscle partition in the heart?
The septum divides the left and right sides of the heart.
What are the sections of the heart called?
The top parts are called atriums and below them are the ventricles. The left & right sides of the heart must be examined at your own perspective (left = right, right = left).
Wall of tissue dividing heart into the right and left sides?
the septum
What tissue divides the left and right sides of the heart?
septal tissue
