Which heart chamber receives deoxygenated blood returning from the body?

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When blood returns from the body, it enters the heart into the right atrium. This chamber receives deoxygenated blood via the superior and inferior vena cavae (and the coronary sinus). From the right atrium, blood moves to the right ventricle and then to the lungs for oxygenation. The aorta carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body, the left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs, and the right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs. So the chamber that receives deoxygenated blood from the body is the right atrium.