{"id":142,"date":"2016-04-24T23:13:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T23:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/contemporaryhealthissuesxpierce\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=142"},"modified":"2016-07-03T16:14:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T16:14:01","slug":"right-atrium","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/chapter\/right-atrium\/","title":{"raw":"Right Atrium","rendered":"Right Atrium"},"content":{"raw":"<section id=\"fs-id2470815\">\r\n<h2 class=\"title\">Right Atrium<\/h2>\r\n<p id=\"fs-id3890004\" class=\"para\">The right atrium serves as the receiving chamber for blood <strong>returning<\/strong> to the heart from the systemic circulation. The two major systemic veins are the superior and inferior venae cavae.\u00a0 The <strong><span class=\"term\">superior vena cava<\/span><\/strong> drains blood from regions <strong>superior<\/strong> to the diaphragm: the head, neck, upper limbs, and the thoracic region. It empties into the superior and posterior portions of the right atrium. The<strong> <span class=\"term\">inferior vena cava<\/span> <\/strong>drains blood from areas inferior to the diaphragm: the lower limbs and abdominopelvic region of the body. It, too, empties into the posterior portion of the atria but<strong> inferior<\/strong> to the opening of the superior vena cava.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section>","rendered":"<section id=\"fs-id2470815\">\n<h2 class=\"title\">Right Atrium<\/h2>\n<p id=\"fs-id3890004\" class=\"para\">The right atrium serves as the receiving chamber for blood <strong>returning<\/strong> to the heart from the systemic circulation. The two major systemic veins are the superior and inferior venae cavae.\u00a0 The <strong><span class=\"term\">superior vena cava<\/span><\/strong> drains blood from regions <strong>superior<\/strong> to the diaphragm: the head, neck, upper limbs, and the thoracic region. It empties into the superior and posterior portions of the right atrium. The<strong> <span class=\"term\">inferior vena cava<\/span> <\/strong>drains blood from areas inferior to the diaphragm: the lower limbs and abdominopelvic region of the body. It, too, empties into the posterior portion of the atria but<strong> inferior<\/strong> to the opening of the superior vena cava.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-142\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Specific attribution<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Cardiovascular System Module 3: Heart Anatomy. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Donna Browne. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: OpenStaxCollege. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/fb2b5bb4-f446-462b-bbf2-4bf4963bc9e1@1.\">http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/fb2b5bb4-f446-462b-bbf2-4bf4963bc9e1@1.<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":40,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc-attribution\",\"description\":\"Cardiovascular System Module 3: Heart Anatomy\",\"author\":\"Donna Browne\",\"organization\":\"OpenStaxCollege\",\"url\":\" http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/fb2b5bb4-f446-462b-bbf2-4bf4963bc9e1@1.\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-142","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":54,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/142\/revisions\/144"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/54"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/142\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealthissues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}