Which of the following statements regarding the ventricles is FALSE?
A) Ventricles are the pumping chambers.
B) Ventricles receive blood directly from the veins, returning blood to the heart.
C) Ventricles have a thick muscular wall.
D) Ventricles pump blood into the great arteries.
B) Ventricles receive blood directly from the veins, returning blood to the heart.
The atria, not the ventricles, receive blood directly from the veins, returning blood
to the heart. All other choices are true.
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