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Noun: right atrium
  1. The right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus
    "Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium before being pumped to the lungs";
    - right atrium of the heart, atrium dextrum

Type of: atrium cordis, atrium of the heart

Encyclopedia: Right atrium