Preferred Name | Heart | |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12727 |
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A hollow organ located slightly to the left of the middle portion of the chest. It is composed of muscle and it is divided by a septum into two sides: the right side which receives de-oxygenated blood from the body and the left side which sends newly oxygenated blood to the body. Each side is composed of two chambers: the atrium (receiving blood) and ventricle (ejecting blood). |
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Heart |
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Heart |
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vertebrate heart chambered heart Heart structure (body structure) Cardiac HEART Heart heart |
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