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Created: 2012-11-19
Updated: 2012-11-19

Three-chambered heart reduces mixing of blood: frog


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The three-chambered heart of frogs reduces mixing of oxygenated and unoxygenated blood because of the separation of atrial inflow and outflow.

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"Although anurans have a three-chambered heart, little mixing of oxygenated and unoxygenated blood occurs because of the separation of atrial inflow and outflow." (Fowler and Miller 2003:22)
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Application Ideas: Method to use the same component to allow flow in and out without mixing, or when mixing is intended, e.g., mixing is important when gas and oxygen flow in a combustion engine.

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References
Fowler, ME; Miller, RE. 2003. Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.
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