Why is the wall of right ventricle thinner than left ventricle?

Due to presence of valves within chambers

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Due to higher pressure with which blood is pumped into arteries

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Due to presence of deoxygenated blood

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Due to presence of oxygenated blood

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Solution

The correct option is B
Due to higher pressure with which blood is pumped into arteries

The right ventricle has thinner wall because the right ventricle only has to pump it to the lungs but left ventricle has to pump blood all the way around the body. Moreover, the blood in arteries is under higher pressure than blood in the veins.

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Q. Assertion: Left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood to different body parts while the right ventricle pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
Reason: Right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from different parts of the body while the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood to different parts of the body.

Q. Which of the following statement(s) wrong with regard to heart?
A. Left atrium receives deoxygenated blood from different parts of the body while right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the lungs.
B. Right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from different body parts while right ventricle pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
C. Left atrium receives oxygenated blood from lungs while left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood to different parts of the body.
D. Pulmonary vein carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs and pulmonary artery brings oxygenated blood towards the heart.

Q. Which of the following statement (s) is (are) true about heart?
(i) Left atrium receives oxygenated blood from different parts of the body while right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from lungs.
(ii) Left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood to different body parts while right ventricle pumps deoxygenated blood to lungs.
(iii) Left atrium transfers oxygenated blood to right ventricle which sends it to different parts of the body.
(iv) Right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from different parts of the body while left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood to different parts of the body.

Q. Match the chambers of the human heart in Column A to its function in Column B.

\begin{matrix} C o l u m n A & C o l u m n B (i) R i g h t a t r i u m & (a) P u m p s d e o x y g e n a t e d b l o o d t o l u n g s (i i) L e f t a t r i u m & (b) R e c e i v e s o x y g e n a t e d b l o o d f r o m l u n g s (i i i) R i g h t v e n t r i c l e & (c) P u m p s o x y g e n a t e d b l o o d t o t h e b o d y (i v) L e f t v e n t r i c l e & (d) R e c e i v e s d e o x y g e n a t e d b l o o d f r o m t h e b o d y \end{matrix}

Match the parts of the heart in Column I with the direction of flow of blood in Column II
$\begin{matrix} C o l u m n I & C o l u m n I I (i) R i g h t V e n t r i c l e & (a) P u m p s d e o x y g e n a t e d b l o o d i n t o t h e p u l m o n a r y a r t e r y (i i) P u l m o n a r y V e i n s & (b) T a k e s d e o x y g e n a t e d b l o o d (i i i) L e f t A t r i u m & (c) R e c e i v e s b l o o d f r o m d i f f e r e n t p a r t s o f t h e b o d y . (i v) P u l m o n a r y A r t e r i e s & (d) B r i n g o x y g e n a t e d b l o o d f r o m l u n g s t o t h e h e a r t . (v) L e f t V e n t r i c l e & (e) P u m p s b l o o d i n t o t h e a o r t a . (v i) R i g h t A u r i c l e & (f) R e c e i v e s d e o x y g e n a t e d b l o o d f r o m t h e p u l m o n a r y v e i n s . \end{matrix}$

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