Question

Explain the relative thickness of the muscle wall of the left and right ventricles igcse

Answer 1

There are four chambers- two atria and twoventricles; The right atrium receives blood from vena cava and the left atrium from pulmonary vein. The wall of the left ventricleis much thicker than the right ventriclebecause it needs to build up enough pressure to move the blood to all the main organs