auricle atrialis

[ ā′trē-ā′lĭs ]

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Atrial auricle.

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Stevenson, in one of the cases detailed at p. 67, found the blood in the right auricle to contain 0·03 per cent.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
In animals with cold blood, (as fishes,) the heart is single, having but one auricle and one ventricle.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy|Catherine Esther Beecher
From the left auricle it passes into the left ventricle, and is from thence distributed by the arteries all over the body.
The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed|Frederick Hollick
By this passage it is taken into the right auricle, along with the impure blood of the vena cava.
The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed|Frederick Hollick

At the end of the fourth day the auricle becomes divided into two, affording a parallel with the adult heart of many reptiles.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell