Atrium (heart) now used for an appendage of the atrium. Humans have a four-chambered heart consisting of the right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, and left ventricle. The atria are the two upper chambers. The right atrium receives and holds deoxygenated blood from the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, anterior cardiac veins and smallest cardiac veins and the coronary sinus, which it then sends down to the right ventricle (through the tricuspid valve) which in turn sends it to the pulmonary artery for pulmonary circulation. The left atrium receives the oxygenated blood from the left and right pulmonary veins, which it
Henrietta (given name) Henrietta (given name) Henrietta is a feminine given name, derived from the male name Henry. The name is an English version of the French "Henriette", a female form of "Henri". A short version of the name is Harriet, which was considered the "spoken form" of Henrietta, much as Harry was considered the "spoken form" of Henry in medieval England. All these names are derived from Henrik, which is ultimately derived from the Germanic name "Heimiric", derived from the word elements "heim", or "home" and "ric", meaning "power, ruler." The male name Henry was first used in England by Normans. Henrietta