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heart right ventricle

Go to external page http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002080

A cardiac ventricle that is in the right side of the heart. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Term info

Label

heart right ventricle

Synonyms
  • cardiac right ventricle
  • right ventricle
  • right ventricle of heart
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Diagram_of_the_human_heart_%28cropped%29.svg

external definition

The muscular chamber on the right and in front of the left ventricle. It generally receives venous blood from the right atrium and conveys it into the pulmonary artery. [(1988)_Dorian_AF, Amsterdam, Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B._Anatomy, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier's_Encyclopaedic_Dictionary_of_Medicine][VHOG]

has related synonym

right cardiac ventricle, ventriculus dexter

id

UBERON:0002080

implements design pattern

https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/wiki/Modeling-paired-structures-Design-Pattern

taxon notes

In mammals continuous with the pulmonary arteries