HEART VENTRICLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heart ventricle mean? 

• HEART VENTRICLE (noun)
  The noun HEART VENTRICLE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HEART VENTRICLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEART VENTRICLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

heart ventricle; ventricle

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)

 Context examples 

The usual amount of blood that is forced from the heart ventricle to produce cardiac output.

(Normal Ventricular Ejection Fraction, NCI Thesaurus)

Moderately less than normal amount of blood that is forced from the heart ventricle to produce cardiac output.

(Moderately Abnormal Ejection Fraction, NCI Thesaurus)

Slightly less than normal amount of blood that is forced from the heart ventricle to produce cardiac output.

(Mildly Abnormal Ejection Fraction, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologically high percentage of blood that is forced from the heart ventricle to produce cardiac output.

(Hyperdynamic Ventricular Ejection Fraction, NCI Thesaurus)