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Jayna Recently Participated in a Study at the Local University

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Jayna recently participated in a study at the local university hospital. As she was waiting in the study's waiting room the staff approached her and apologized for the temperature in the room. She was informed that the temperature of the waiting room would continue to increase because the thermostat was broken and was scheduled to be fixed later that week. Researchers provided her with cold beverages and warm beverages as she waited and had her complete some measures while she was waiting to be called. Little did Jayna know that she was already part of the study. There was nothing wrong with the waiting room's temperature and researchers monitored the numbers of beverages she drank and found that she only had cold beverages and noted multiple times how hot and uncomfortable the room was. Jayna was most likely in the:

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Left Ventricle

The chamber of the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and pumps it out through the aorta to circulate oxygen-rich blood throughout the body.

Aorta

The largest artery in the body, which carries oxygen-rich blood from the left ventricle of the heart to various parts of the body.

Pulmonary Arteries

The blood vessels that transport blood lacking oxygen from the heart to the lungs to be oxygenated.

Right Atrium

The right upper chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the body through the vena cava and pumps it into the right ventricle.