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n. A small cavity or chamber within a body or organ, especially:

n. The chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and contracts to force it into the aorta.

n. The chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and forces it into the pulmonary artery.

n. Any of the interconnecting cavities of the brain.

n. Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:

n. One of two lower chambers of the heart.

n. One of four cavities in the brain.

n. The stomach.

n. The womb.

n. A cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior chambers, of the heart, which receives the blood from the auricle and forces it out from the heart. See heart.

n. The stomach.

n. Fig.: Any cavity, or hollow place, in which any function may be conceived of as operating.

n. The belly; the stomach.

n. The womb; the productive organ, literally or figuratively.

n. In anatomy and zoology, some small cavity of the body; a hollow part or organ; a ventriculus: variously applied.

n. a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries

n. one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid

"Approximately 3,000 children are born in the United States each year with severe heart defects in which one ventricle is too small or weak to pump effectively."

ventricles of morgagni    ventricles of the brain    optic ventricle    ventricle of the corpus callosum    sylvian ventricle    cornua of the ventricles of the brain    chylific ventricle    hypoarian ventricle    ventricle of arantius    ventricle of the cerebellum   

ventriculus    ventricular    interventricular    intraventricular   

heart   

aorta    esophagus    hematoma    pericardium    aneurysm    pinna    cricoarytenoid    hypothalamus    occlusion    cava