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

It is done by cutting it Superficially, and by Leaves, in order to discover by little and little the Ventricles, Vessels, and Nerves, with their Original Sources, &c.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Work of Auricles and Ventricles Compared.—In the work of the heart the two auricles contract at the same time—their contraction being followed immediately by the contraction of both ventricles.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.

The Ventricles, which are likewise two in Number, are certain Cavities in its Right and Left Sides.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

The Ventricles or Cavities which are found therein, together with the great Number of Veins, Arteries, Lymphatic Vessels, and Nerves, that carry Sense to all the Parts of the Body, and Spirits for their Motion.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel