Left atrium
Atrium sinistrum
Passes oxygenated blood through the left atrioventricular valve into the left ventricle.
About the left atrium of the horse
Left atrium is a heart of the chest (thorax), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Atrium sinistrum. You can turn it above, see it in place in the chest of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Receives the pulmonary veins.
- Action
- Passes oxygenated blood through the left atrioventricular valve into the left ventricle.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the horse; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Left atrium
- Latin (NAV)
- Atrium sinistrum
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The left atrium in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the left atrium
- What is the Latin name of the left atrium?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the left atrium is called Atrium sinistrum.
- Where is the left atrium of the horse?
- Left atrium is a heart of the chest (thorax), on the left side.
See the left atrium inside the whole horse.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
