Ventricle (heart)
A ventricle is one of two large chambers toward the bottom of the heart that collect and pushes blood received from an atrium towards the body and lungs.[1]
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Computer generated animation of cut section of the human heart showing both ventricles. | |
Latin | ventriculus cordis |
Ventricle (heart) Media
Wiggers diagram of various events of a cardiac cycle, showing left ventricular volume as a red trace.
Partial Wiggers diagram.Red = aortic pressureBlue = left ventricular pressureYellow = left atrial pressure.