Atrial septum

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The atrial septum is the wall of tissue that separates the heart’s left and right atria, helping maintain proper direction and separation of blood flow between them.

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Atrial septum canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anatomical structure
cardiac septum
component of the heart
adjacentTo left atrial wall
right atrial wall
associatedWithCondition atrial septal defect
coronary sinus atrial septal defect
paradoxical embolism via patent foramen ovale
patent foramen ovale
primum atrial septal defect
secundum atrial septal defect
sinus venosus atrial septal defect
bloodSupply branches of the coronary arteries
canBeAccessedBy transseptal puncture in cardiac catheterization
clinicalSignificance important in structural heart interventions
site for interatrial shunts
composedOf fibrous tissue
myocardial tissue
developsFrom endocardial cushions
septum primum
septum secundum
foundIn human heart
mammalian heart
hasEmbryologicalFeature foramen ovale in the fetus
hasFunction helps maintain unidirectional blood flow through the heart
separates systemic and pulmonary venous blood in the atria
hasOrientation oblique in frontal plane
hasPart fossa ovalis
limbus of fossa ovalis NERFINISHED
membranous portion
muscular portion
imagedBy cardiac CT
cardiac MRI
transesophageal echocardiography
transthoracic echocardiography
innervatedBy cardiac plexus NERFINISHED
isSubjectOf cardiac anatomy
cardiology
latinName septum atriorum
septum interatriale
location between left and right atria
normallyClosesAs fossa ovalis after birth
partOf heart
interatrial septum complex
playsRoleIn cardiac conduction between atria
hemodynamic separation of atrial chambers
regulates mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood at atrial level
separates left atrium
right atrium

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Heart hasPart Atrial septum