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• plural of ventricle.

ventricles

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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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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 ● Oct. 16, 2025

The team also showcased the technology through a heart-like pump with integrated ventricles and artificial heart valves, as well as metamaterials that can be programmed to have non-linear material properties.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2023

And it might also lead to insights that could help parents and doctors treat babies with hydrocephalus, a neurological disorder caused by a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in ventricles deep within the brain.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023

Chakraborty suspected the outsize cells help bulk up that part of the fly’s heart, the equivalent of the human heart’s muscular ventricles.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 23, 2023

I study the heart, the ventricles, the arteries, the bones, the liver, the kidneys, the spleen, the lungs, the blood that runs through the veins.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani

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