Heart At Biology Glossary

What is it? The muscular organ that pumps blood through the circulatory system. Mammals and birds have a four-chambered heart, with a left atrium and ventricle and a right atrium and ventricle. The right half of the heart receives deoxygenated blood from the body and

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