The first chamber of the heart that receives blood in the cardiac cycle is known as:

Atrium

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Ventricle

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Vena cava

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is A
Atrium

Atria (singular: atrium) receives the blood from the lungs as well as from the rest of the body. From there blood is passed to ventricles via valves. Blood enters the heart through two large veins, the inferior and superior vena cava, emptying oxygen-poor blood from the body into the right atrium. As the atrium contracts, blood flows from our right atrium into our right ventricle through the open tricuspid valve.

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\begin{matrix} Column I & Column II 1.Right atrium & i. Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs 2.Left atrium & ii. Passes the blood to aorta 3.Right ventricle & iii. Receives deoxygenated blood from the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava 4.Left ventricle & iv. Passes the blood to lungs through the pulmonary artery \end{matrix}

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