ventricle : Idioms & Phrases
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fourth ventricle
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noun an irregular ventricle between the third ventricle and the central canal of the spinal cord
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heart ventricle
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noun a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
ventricle.
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lateral ventricle
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noun either of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphere; they communicate with the third ventricle via the foramen of Monro
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left ventricle
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noun the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta
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posterior vein of the left ventricle
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noun arises near the apex of the heart and empties into the coronary sinus
vena posterior ventriculi sinistri.
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right ventricle
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noun the chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk
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third ventricle
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noun a narrow ventricle in the midplane below the corpus callosum; communicates with the fourth ventricle via the Sylvian aqueduct