ventricle
pronunciation
How to pronounce ventricle in British English:
UK [ˈventrɪkl]
How to pronounce ventricle in American English:
US [ˈvɛntrɪkəl]
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- Noun:
- one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid
- a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
Word Origin
- ventricle (n.)
- late 14c., "small chamber or cavity within a bodily organ," especially of the heart, from Latin ventriculus (in reference to the heart, ventriculus cordis), literally "little belly," diminutive of venter (genitive ventris) "belly" (see ventral).
Example
- 1. This is connected via a sealing valve to the larger , more powerful lower chamber , or ventricle .
- 2. Surgical repair of complex double outlet right ventricle .
- 3. Intraventricular epidermoids are more in 4th ventricle followed by lateral ventricles .
- 4. Left ventricle to aorta pressure gradient .
- 5. The left ventricle pumps most forcefully , which is why a person 's heartbeat is felt more on the left side of the chest .