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unusual facts about right atrium



Atrial septal defect

In the case of a large ASD (>9mm), which may result in a clinically remarkable left-to-right shunt, blood will shunt from the left atrium to the right atrium.


see also

Great veins

Superior vena cava, a large diameter, yet short, vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the heart's right atrium.

Inferior vena cava, the large vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the lower half of the body into the right atrium of the heart.