A cardiac atrium that is in the left side of the heart. It receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins, In mammals this is pumped into the left ventricle, via the Mitral valve. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_atrium ]

Synonyms: heart left atrium left atrium of heart left cardiac atrium atrium sinistrum left atrium cardiac left atrium

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Diagram_of_the_human_heart_%28cropped%29.svg

external definition

Left cardiac chamber which is continuous with the pulmonary venous trunk.[FMA]

The chamber of the heart that receives blood from the lungs[XAO:EJS].

homology notes

The tetrapod clade develops a complete atrial septum and loses the fifth aortic arch altogether.[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0002079

implements design pattern

https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/wiki/Modeling-paired-structures-Design-Pattern

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606