the pulmonary veins, the only veins to carry oxygenated blood empty into the left atrium.
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The structures that empty into the left atrium are the four pulmonary veins, which carry oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart. This blood is then pumped into the left ventricle to be distributed throughout the body.
The bicuspid valve, also known as the mitral valve, separates the left atrium from the left ventricle in the heart.
The left atrium carries oxygenated blood.
The atrium does not carry gas. Blood flows through it. The blood in the left atrium is oxygenated.
This circuit is called the pulmonary circulation system. It involves the flow of blood from the right atrium to the lungs for oxygenation and then back to the left atrium.
No, the atrium does not have deoxygenated blood. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the body through the superior and inferior vena cava.