ventricle
Blood-pumping cavity
A ventricle is a hollow chamber in an organ, especially one of the two lower chambers of the heart that pump blood out to the body and lungs.
The brain also contains ventricles—fluid-filled cavities that produce and circulate cerebrospinal fluid.
In both contexts, ventricles are spaces where something vital collects before moving onward.
Roofed central hall
- myocardiumMuscular tissue of heart
- septumInternal anatomical partition
- valveFluid flow controller
- aortaChief arterial trunk
coronary · pericardium · endocardium · tricuspid · mitral · cardiomyopathy · arrhythmia · tachycardia
Body's oxygen carrier
- oxygenationAdding breathable gas
- perfusionFluid delivery to tissue
- cardiac outputBlood volume heart moves
- preloadInstall in advance
afterload · pulmonary · systemic · aorta · artery · vein · plasma · contraction
Of the side
- thirdPosition number three
- fourthOrdinal for position four
- choroid plexusCSF-secreting brain structure
- hydrocephalusAbnormal cranial fluid buildup
aqueduct of Sylvius · meninges · cisterns · shunt · neuroanatomy · brainstem · sulcus
atrium
Roofed central hall
- myocardiumMuscular tissue of heart
- septumInternal anatomical partition
- valveFluid flow controller
aorta · coronary · pericardium · endocardium · tricuspid · mitral · cardiomyopathy · arrhythmia · tachycardia · bradycardia
blood
Body's oxygen carrier
- oxygenationAdding breathable gas
- perfusionFluid delivery to tissue
- cardiac outputBlood volume heart moves
preload · afterload · pulmonary · systemic · aorta · artery · vein · plasma · contraction · filling
lateral
Of the side
- thirdPosition number three
- fourthOrdinal for position four
- choroid plexusCSF-secreting brain structure
hydrocephalus · aqueduct of Sylvius · meninges · cisterns · shunt · neuroanatomy · brainstem · sulcus
- body partsarm, leg, hand, back, chest
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
- blood/circulationartery, vein, blood, heart, pulse
- braincerebrum, cerebellum, cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus
- Circulatory Systemheart rate, blood, artery, veins, capillary
- heartheartbeat, heart attack, heart muscle, heart rate, heart failure
- right ventricleLower chamber supplying lungs
- left ventricleHeart's systemic pumping chamber
- third ventricleSlit-like brain chamber holding cerebrospinal fluid
- fourth ventricleHindbrain cerebrospinal reservoir
- ventricular fibrillationDeadly heart rhythm disorder