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Chapter 19, Problem 6LTB
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The heart is composed of four chambers, right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium and left ventricle. These four chambers make two independent pumps. The work of one pump is to send deoxygenated blood to the lungs. The function of the other pump is to send the oxygenated blood to the rest of the body.
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