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Does a pump in the heart move blood from the atria to the ventricles?

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Dr. Louis Grenzer answered

Specializes in Cardiology

The heart muscle: The heart is a muscle and it is the contraction of that muscle which propels the blood.

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Answered 1/4/2013

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