Assertion: left atrium | /r/CapableOf | pump blood
Facets:
value: into the left ventricle
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to fill the left ventricle
type: PURPOSE
value: through the bicuspid valve
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Both of these conditions make it difficult for the left atrium to pump blood to the left ventricle, resulting in increased pressure in the left atrium—this eventually causes enlargement.
text: The pulmonary veins conduct blood into the left atrium, which pumps the blood into the left ventricle, which in turn pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta and on to the many branches of the systemic circuit.
text: It pumps this blood into the left ventricle, which…
text: The left atrium continues to contract and pumps blood through the bicuspid valve to fill the left ventricle.
text: Most blood flows passively into the heart while both the atria and ventricles are relaxed, but toward the end of the ventricular relaxation period, the left atrium will contract, pumping blood into the ventricle.