Question:

Which of the following chambers of the heart has the thickest muscular wall?

Updated On: Jul 27, 2022
  • Left atrium
  • Right atrium
  • Right ventricle
  • Left ventricle
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The Correct Option is D

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In vertebrate heart, the walls of ventricle are thicker than the walls of auricle. Wall of left ventricle ia three times thicker than that of right ventricle. This is so because it receives a large amount of oxygenated blood from lungs and pumps that with great force to all visceral organs and parts of body through aorta.
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Circulatory Pathways

Virtually every cell, tissue, organ, and system in the body is impacted by the circulatory system.

  1. Digestive - Absorbs nutrients and water; delivers nutrients (except most lipids) to liver for processing by hepactic portal vein; provides nutrients essential for hematopoiesis and building hemoglobin.
  2. Endocrine - Delivers hormones: atrial natriuretic hormone (peptide) secreted by the heart atrial cells to help regulate blood volumes and pressures; epinephrine, ANH, angiotensin II, ADH, and thyroxine to help regulate blood pressure; estrogen to promote vascular health in women and men.
  3. Integumentary - Carries clotting factors, platelets, and white blood cells for homeostatis, fighting infection, and reparing damage; regulates temperature by controlling blood flow to the surface, where heat can be dissipated; provides some coloration of integument; acts as a blood reservoir.
  4. Muscular - Provides nutrients and oxygen for contraction; removes lactic acid and distributes heat generated by contraction; muscular pumps aid in venous return; exercise contributes to cardiovascular health and helps to prevent atherosclerosis.