sinusvenosus

sinus ve·no·sus (vē-nōʹsəs) n.

The first chamber in the heart of fish, amphibians, and reptiles, which receives blood from the veins and contracts to force the blood into the atrium.

  [New Latin sinus vēnōsus: Medieval Latin sinus, sinus + Latin vēnōsus, venous.]

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