Ventricle Definition

vĕntrĭ-kəl
ventricles
noun
ventricles
Any of various cavities or hollow organs.
Webster's New World
Any of four fluid-filled cavities in the brain of vertebrate animals. The ventricles are filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
American Heritage Science
Synonyms:
  • heart ventricle
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A chamber of the heart that receives blood from one or more atria and pumps it by muscular contraction into the arteries. Mammals, birds, and reptiles have two ventricles; amphibians and fish have one.
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Other Word Forms of Ventricle

Noun

Singular:
ventricle
Plural:
ventricles

Origin of Ventricle

  • From French ventricule, from Latin ventriculus (“belly, stomach, ventricle"), diminutive of venter (“belly, stomach, womb")

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French ventricule from Latin ventriculus diminutive of venter belly

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ventricle Sentence Examples

  • The ventricle leads into a single anterior median aorta.

  • A, Pericardium opened dorsally a, Ventricle of the heart.

  • It consists of a median ventricle with muscular walls and a cavity traversed by muscular strands.

  • The openings of the auricles into the ventricle vary in different forms. In many of the lower forms (Lepidopleuridae, Mopalidae, Ischnochitonidae) the opening on each side is single and anterior.

  • In Anodonta the blood is driven by the ventricle through the arteries into vessel-like spaces.

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