ventricle
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1. a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries (noun.body)
hypernym | : | chamber, |
definition | : | an enclosed volume in the body (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | left ventricle, |
definition | : | the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | right ventricle, |
definition | : | the chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk (noun.body) |
2. one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid (noun.body)
hyponym | : | fourth ventricle, |
definition | : | an irregular ventricle between the third ventricle and the central canal of the spinal cord (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | third ventricle, |
definition | : | a narrow ventricle in the midplane below the corpus callosum; communicates with the fourth ventricle via the Sylvian aqueduct (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | lateral ventricle, |
definition | : | either of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphere; they communicate with the third ventricle via the foramen of Monro (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | cerebrospinal fluid, spinal fluid, |
definition | : | clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | brain, encephalon, |
definition | : | that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord (noun.body) |
3. a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries (noun.body)
derivation | : | ventricular, ventricular, |
definition | : | of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain) (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | ventricular, ventricular, |
definition | : | of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain) (adj.pert) |
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