n (anatomy) An upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle. In higher vertebrates, the right atrium receives blood from the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava, and the left atrium receives blood from the left and right pulmonary veins.
n (anatomy) A microscopic air sac within a pulmonary alveolus.
n (palynology) A cavity inside a pore | porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.