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When blood moves from an atrium to a ventricle, it must pass through a __________

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Answer:

Right side of the heart

Step-by-step explanation:

Blood enters the heart through two large veins, the inferior and superior vena cava, emptying oxygen-poor blood from the body into the right atrium of the heart. As the atrium contracts, blood flows from your right atrium into your right ventricle through the open tricuspid valve.

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User Pramod Shinde
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When blood moves from an atrium to a ventricle, it must pass through a one-way valve.

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