ventricle
IPA: vˈɛntrɪkʌɫ
noun
- (anatomy, zootomy) Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:
- One of two lower chambers of the heart.
- (neuroanatomy) One of four fluid-filled cavities in the brain, that are continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord.
- (archaic) The stomach.
- (archaic) The womb.
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Examples of "ventricle" in Sentences
- Enlargement of the left ventricle.
- Anterior horn of lateral ventricle.
- Inferior horn of lateral ventricle.
- Appendix of the laryngeal ventricle.
- No other ciliated ependyma of the third ventricle do.
- It includes the cerebral aqueduct of the midbrain and the fourth ventricle.
- The roof of fourth ventricle is the dorsal surface of the fourth ventricle.
- Ependyma cover the inside of the lateral ventricles and are epithelial cells.
- The first region is the ventricular zone in the roof of the fourth ventricle.
- Two vessels, the left aorta and the pulmonary artery, exit the right ventricle.
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