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| Nerve that supplies the diaphragm |
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| Left and Right Ventricles |
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| The lower two chambers of the heart |
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| Ear-shaped dark colored structure of the atria |
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| Upper two chambers of the heart |
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| Large vessel carrying blood from the lower extremities to the right atrium |
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| Veins draining the head, neck and arms converge at the base of the neck and then enter into the right atrium through this structure |
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| Another name for the inferior vena cava |
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| Another name for the superior vena cava |
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| Major artery carrying blood from the heart to the body |
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| Vessels that take deoxygenated blood away from the right ventricle to the lungs |
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| Vessels that take oxygenated blood away from the lungs to the left ventricle |
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| The aorta after leaving the arch of the aorta and turning caudally |
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| Name given to the portion of the aorta after emerging to the right of the pulmonary trunk then to the left side of the body |
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