Assertion: atrium | /r/CapableOf | receive blood
Facets:
value: from the veins
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to the heart
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from the body
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: passively
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The atria receive blood while relaxed (diastole), then contract (systole) to move blood to the ventricles.
text: The atria are the two upper chambers that receive blood from the veins.
text: The two atria are thin-walled chambers that receive blood from the veins.
text: The atria receive blood from the veins.
text: The main difference between atria and ventricles is that atria receive blood into the heart whereas ventricles pump blood outside the heart.
text: Atria: The atria receive blood passively as there are no valves between the corresponding veins and the atria.
text: Both atria receive blood to the heart.
text: Each side has an atrium (which receives blood as it enters) and a ventricle (from which blood is pumped out).
text: The walls of the lower chambers/ventricles are thicker and more muscular than the walls of the upper chambers/atria because they have to pump blood out of the heart and to the body as opposed to the atria which only receive blood from the body and then pump into the ventricles.
text: The atria receive blood while relaxed (diastole), then contract (systole) to move blood to the ventricles.