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ventricle

[ ven-tri-kuhl ]

noun

  1. Zoology. any of various hollow organs or parts in an animal body.
  2. Anatomy.
    1. either of the two lower chambers on each side of the heart that receive blood from the atria and in turn force it into the arteries.
    2. one of a series of connecting cavities of the brain.


ventricle

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noun

  1. a chamber of the heart, having thick muscular walls, that receives blood from the atrium and pumps it to the arteries
  2. any one of the four main cavities of the vertebrate brain, which contain cerebrospinal fluid
  3. any of various other small cavities in the body
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ventricle

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  1. A chamber of the heart that receives blood from one or more atria and pumps it by muscular contraction into the arteries. Mammals, birds, and reptiles have two ventricles; amphibians and fish have one.
  2. Any of four fluid-filled cavities in the brain of vertebrate animals. The ventricles are filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ventricle1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ventriculus belly, ventricle. See venter, -i-, -cle 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ventricle1

C14: from Latin ventriculus, diminutive of venter belly
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Diastolic heart failure, also known as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, is a condition in which the heart's left ventricle grows stiff and can no longer pump blood properly.

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Harry Vanderspeigle has a big room in my heart, like my left ventricle.

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They examined the hearts of young and old mice and discovered that as the rodents aged, nerve fibers disappeared from the left ventricle, the chamber that pumps blood to most of the body.

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The condition affects the heart's largest pumping chamber, the left ventricle, which pumps blood from the heart throughout the body.

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In a recent study, researchers from Japan tested a novel approach that involves injecting 'cardiac spheroids,' cultured from human stem cells, directly into damaged ventricles.

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