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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.
  1. 375 c, 377 c ); the left auricle receives the pulmonary veins.
    — from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop
  2. 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
  3. The left auricle receives the arterial blood from the pulmonary veins.
    — from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop
  4. 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
  5. Only the right [ 325 ] auricle now receives the venous blood from the veins of the body.
    — from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop
  6. 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
  7. On the relation of right auricle to vena cava and right ventricle, cf.
    — from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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

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