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]
| Ventricle | |
|---|---|
| File:CG Heart.gif Computer generated animation of cut section of the human heart showing both ventricles. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ventriculus cordis |
| TH | |
| TE | |
| FMA | |
| Anatomical terminology | |
Ventricle (heart) Media
- Gray internal structure of heart.png
Heart section showing ventricles and ventricular septum
- Wiggers Diagram.svg
Wiggers diagram of various events of a cardiac cycle, showing left ventricular volume as a red trace.
- Wiggers.png
Partial Wiggers diagram.Red = aortic pressureBlue = left ventricular pressureYellow = left atrial pressure.
