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Abstract
The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous BLOOD into the LUNGS and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation.
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15 entry terms
- Cardiac Ventricle
- Cardiac Ventricles
- Heart Ventricle
- Ventricle, Cardiac
- Ventricle, Heart
- Ventricles, Cardiac
- Ventricles, Heart
- Left Ventricle
- Right Ventricle
- Left Ventricles
- Right Ventricles
- Ventricle, Left
- Ventricle, Right
- Ventricles, Left
- Ventricles, Right
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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ventricular hypertrophy = HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR or HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; false ventricular tendons: index PURKINJE FIBERS but see note there; PAPILLARY MUSCLES & CHORDAE TENDINEAE are also available
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2004(1966)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Heart Ventricles. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006352. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006352
- Heart Ventricles. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricle_(heart)
- Heart Ventricles. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2002035