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sinus venosus

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | 227 words | Copyright

sinus venosus A thin-walled chamber of the heart of vertebrate embryos that conveys deoxygenated blood to the single atrium. It is retained in adult fishes but in higher vertebrates it becomes incorporated into the left atrium.

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