Auricle vs. Atrium
Auriclenoun
(anatomy) The outer ear or pinna.
Auriclenoun
(anatomy) An ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the heart.
Auriclenoun
(anatomy) An atrium, the smaller of the two types of chamber in the heart.
Auriclenoun
(botany) Any appendage in the shape of an earlobe.
Auriclenoun
The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head.
Auriclenoun
An angular or ear-shaped lobe.
Auriclenoun
An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.
Auriclenoun
a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart
Auriclenoun
the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
Atriumnoun
(architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
Atriumnoun
(architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
Atriumnoun
(anatomy) A cavity, entrance, or passage.
Atriumnoun
(anatomy) One of two upper chambers of the heart.
Atriumnoun
(biology) Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
Atriumnoun
A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
Atriumnoun
The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.
Atriumnoun
A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea.
Atriumnoun
A cavity, entrance, or passage; as, the atrium, or atrial cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs, etc.
Atriumnoun
any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
Atriumnoun
the central area in a building; open to the sky
Atriumnoun
an open-roofed entrance hall or central court in an ancient Roman house.
Atriumnoun
a central hall in a modern building, typically rising through several stories and having a glazed roof.
Atriumnoun
the forecourt of a large church built on the basilican plan.
Atriumnoun
each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body, the left atrium oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein.
