ventricles

Cultural  

1. The two lower chambers of the heart, which receive blood from the atria and pump it into the arteries. (See circulatory system.)

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Example Sentences

A convent girl with a creepy streak, Elizabeth sees beauty in biology, leaning over a corpse’s flayed back to appreciate the intricacy of its ventricles.

From Los Angeles Times

In a recent study, researchers from Japan tested a novel approach that involves injecting 'cardiac spheroids,' cultured from human stem cells, directly into damaged ventricles.

From Science Daily

During atrial fibrillation, the heart's upper chambers beat irregularly and are out of sync with the ventricles.

From Science Daily

Researchers in Christman's lab prepared the hydrogel with tissue from both the right and left ventricles of the pig hearts.

From Science Daily

While effective for many patients, in some people the devices can disrupt the coordination and balance between the right and left ventricles, which contract and relax synchronously.

From Science Daily