
Concept explainers
Match the following terms with the correct definition.
________Auricle
________Aorta
_________Coronary sinus
_________Papillary muscle
_________Fossa ovalis
________Pectinate muscle
________Venae cavae
________Pulmonary trunk
________Chordae tendineae
________Pulmonary veins
a. Drainage point for the coronary veins
b. Extensions that attach papillary muscles to valves
c. Remnant of a hole present in the fetal interatrial septum
d. Two largest veins of the systemic circuit
e. Flaplike extension from the right or left atrium
f. Finger-like projections of ventricular muscle
g. Main artery of the pulmonary circuit
h. Veins that drain the pulmonary circuit
i. Largest artery of the systemic circuit
j. Ridges of muscle in the atria

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