Literary notes about auricle (AI summary)
Throughout history, the term "auricle" has been employed in literature to denote specific anatomical features of the heart, often emphasizing its role as a receiving chamber. In many instances, authors describe the left auricle as the recipient of pulmonary or arterial blood and, conversely, the right auricle as the chamber collecting venous blood (see [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]). Some texts even suggest a more nuanced view, depicting the auricle as an expansion or insertion related to the vena cava, thereby hinting at its transitional character within cardiac structure ([6], [7]). Additionally, the duality of the term is underscored by references to a "double auricle" along with corresponding ventricles, illustrating a systematic approach to understanding the heart's bilateral nature ([8], [9], [10]). These varied usages across sources highlight the evolution of anatomical terminology from early classical descriptions to more detailed, systematic accounts found in later works.
- 375 c, 377 c ); the left auricle receives the pulmonary veins.
— from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop - From this point arterial blood returns to the left auricle of the heart, while the venous blood gathers in the right auricle.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - The left auricle receives the arterial blood from the pulmonary veins.
— from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop - From this point arterial blood returns to the left auricle of the heart, while the venous blood gathers in the right auricle.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - Only the right [ 325 ] auricle now receives the venous blood from the veins of the body.
— from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop - 399 The right auricle was looked on less as a part of the heart than as an expansion or “insertion” of the vena cava.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen - On the relation of right auricle to vena cava and right ventricle, cf.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen - a′ left auricle, a″ right auricle, v′ left ventricle, v″ right ventricle, cd right superior vena cava, ci inferior vena cava.
— from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop - Every organ of the body is double; in the pulsations of the heart a double machinery is used, there is a double auricle and a double ventricle.
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - a′ left auricle, a″ right auricle, v′ left ventricle, v″ right ventricle, cd right superior vena cava, ci inferior vena cava.
— from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop