VENTRICLE

Ventricle

In the heart, a ventricle is one of two large chambers that collect and expel blood received from an atrium towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs. The atrium primes the Pump. Interventricular means between two or more ventricles, while intraventricular means within one ventricle .

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ventricle

Noun

  1. Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:
  2. One of two lower chambers of the heart.
  3. One of four cavities in the brain.
  4. The stomach.
  5. The womb.


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