ventrículo

Definitions of ventrículo
  1. noun
    a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
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    ventrículo izquierdo
    the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta
    ventrículo derecho
    the chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk
  2. noun
    one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid
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    ventrículo cuarto
    an irregular ventricle between the third ventricle and the central canal of the spinal cord
    ventrículo tercero
    a narrow ventricle in the midplane below the corpus callosum; communicates with the fourth ventricle via the Sylvian aqueduct
    ventrículo lateral
    either of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphere; they communicate with the third ventricle via the foramen of Monro
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