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cardiac ventricle

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Cardiac chamber through which blood leaves the heart. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricle_(heart) ]

Term info

Label

cardiac ventricle

Synonyms
  • heart ventricle
  • lower chamber of heart
  • ventricle of heart
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

external definition

One of four heart chambers.[TAO], A chamber of the heart that receives blood from one or more atria and pumps it by muscular contraction into the arteries.[AAO]

has broad synonym

ventricle

homology notes

In the primitive vertebrate heart the four chambers are: 1. Sinus venosus (...) 2. Atrium (...) 3. Ventricle (...) 4. Conus arteriosus (...)[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0002082