Which of the four chambers of the heart has the thickest muscular wall?

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There are four chambers in the heart:
The right atrium receives oxygen-depleted blood from the body and pumps it to the right ventricle.
The right ventricle pumps the oxygen-depleted blood to the lungs to be re-oxygenated.
The left atrium receives the re-oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it to the left ventricle.
The left ventricle pumps the re-oxygenated blood to the body.
The left ventricle has to send blood the furthest (throughout your entire body), which takes a lot of pressure. This is why the left ventricle has the thickest muscular wall of the four chambers in your heart.
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Which of the Four Chambers of the Heart Has the Thickest