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HEART VENTRICLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
Synonyms:
heart ventricle; ventricle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("heart ventricle" is a kind of...):
chamber (an enclosed volume in the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heart ventricle"):
left ventricle (the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta)
right ventricle (the chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk)
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