ventricle
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈvɛntrɪkəl/
- Specialized
:
ventrículo
- BNP levels in the blood rise when the ventricles are under pressure as a result of the heart failing to pump effectively.
- left ventricle
- right ventricle
- atrium and left ventricle
They could either put me on a ventricle pump, which would cycle my blood kind of artificial heart for me.
- They could either put me on a ventricle pump, which would cycle my blood kind of artificial heart for me.
- The look you gave me, my penis went up inside my body and climbed up into my left ventricle and my heart where it was.
Examples
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So the heart would be down here, the ventricle would be down below this here.
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The mitral or bicuspid valve allows blood to flow from the left atrium into the left ventricle during diastole.
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The atrium has to contract before the ventricle, right?
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The left ventricle could shrink to seventy percent of its normal size.
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We did a ct scan, and one of those ribs is cutting in to the left ventricle of her heart.
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Because of its anterior location, the right ventricle is the most vulnerable to cardiac trauma.
Academic text (2016) -
The diastolic phase represents the time when the ventricles are relaxed.
Academic text (2012) -
The heart contains two atria, two ventricles... and four valves.
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The QRS complex shows the ventricular depolarization, which causes a contraction of the ventricles.
Academic text (2017) -
During the heartbeat, the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta.
Synonyms
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4.4
A lower chamber of the heart that gets blood and pumps it to the lungs or body
Compounds
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3.7
A heart chamber on the left side that pumps blood with oxygen to the body
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4.6
The lower part of the heart on the right that pumps blood to the lungs
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6.8
A small space in the brain that holds spinal fluid and lets it flow to the spinal cord
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8.1
A hollow, curved space in each side of the brain that contains brain fluid
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4.4
A lower chamber of the heart that gets blood and pumps it to the lungs or body
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8.0
A narrow space in the middle of the brain that holds fluid and connects to another brain cavity below
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A vein at the back of the left heart that carries used blood from the muscle to a main vein
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ventricle comes from the Latin ventriculus, meaning 'little belly'. A good image is the heart ventricle as a little 'belly' or pouch that fills with blood and then pushes it out, so the ventricles are the heart's pumping chambers.