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How many heart chambers do humans have?


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Human heart:

  1. Humans have 4 chambered heart.
  2. The heart is a mesodermally derived organ in humans.
  3. The conduction system keeps the heart beating in time. It is constantly contracting and relaxing.
  4. The right side of the heart in humans receives deoxygenated blood. This blood is oxygenated when it enters the lungs.
  5. The oxygenated blood is subsequently pumped back into the heart and circulated throughout the body. As a result, the blood makes two contacts with the heart. This is referred to as double circulation.
  6. The blood from the right and left sides of the heart never combine during circulation. This is due to the septum that separates the two sides.
  7. Blood is pumped into atria from both the body and the lungs. The blood coming into the heart from the body is deoxygenated, whereas the blood flowing into the heart from the lungs is oxygenated. As a result, there are two reception chambers to avoid mingling i.e. right and left atria.
  8. The right and left atria are separated by interatrial septum.
  9. Atrial blood enters the distribution chambers. Ventricles are the name for these organs. Deoxygenated blood enters the lungs and oxygenated blood circulates throughout the body. As a result, there are two distributing chambers to avoid mingling. The Left Ventricle and the Right Ventricle are the two ventricles.
  10. The right and left ventricle are separated by interventricular septum.
  11. Ventricle and atria are separated by atrio-ventricular septum.


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