Question
Biology Question on Circulatory Pathways
Which of the following chambers of the heart has the thickest muscular wall?
A
Left atrium
B
Right atrium
C
Right ventricle
D
Left ventricle
Answer
Left ventricle
Explanation
Solution
In vertebrate heart, the walls of ventricle are thicker than the walls of auricle. Wall of left ventricle ia three times thicker than that of right ventricle. This is so because it receives a large amount of oxygenated blood from lungs and pumps that with great force to all visceral organs and parts of body through aorta.