In amphibians and reptiles which chamber of heart receives deoxygenated blood from different body parts? |
Left atrium. Right atrium. Left ventricle. Right ventricle. |
Right atrium. |
The correct answer is Option (2) -Right atrium. All vertebrates possess a muscular chambered heart. Fishes have a 2-chambered heart with an atrium and a ventricle. Amphibians and the reptiles (except crocodiles) have a 3-chambered heart with two atria and a single ventricle. In amphibians and reptiles, the left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the gills/lungs/skin and the right atrium gets the deoxygenated blood from other body parts. However, they get mixed up in the single ventricle which pumps out mixed blood (incomplete double circulation). |