Select a true statement about the heart.
A. The heart is composed of two muscular chambers.
B. Blood passes from the right atrium to the right ventricle through the bicuspid valve of the heart.
C. All the venous blood from the body is drained into the left atrium of the heart.
D. The heart generates the force that pumps the blood through the circulatory system.
Answer: D
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