RIGHT VENTRICLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right ventricle mean? 

• RIGHT VENTRICLE (noun)
  The noun RIGHT VENTRICLE has 1 sense:

1. the chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk

  Familiarity information: RIGHT VENTRICLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHT VENTRICLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("right ventricle" is a kind of...):

heart ventricle; ventricle (a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries)

 Context examples 

The wall that separates the left and right ventricles of the heart.

(Interventricular Septum, NCI Thesaurus)

Removal of tissue from the right ventricle for microscopic examination.

(Biopsy of the Right Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare genetic disorder characterized by cardiomyopathy affecting the right ventricle.

(Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare congenital cardiovascular abnormality in which the aorta arises from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery arises from the left ventricle.

(Discordant Ventriculoarterial Connection, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare congenital cardiovascular abnormality in which both the aorta and the pulmonary artery arise from the right ventricle.

(Double Outlet Right Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)

The defect involves both the right ventricle and the tricuspid valve, and can lead to cardiomyopathy and tachyarrhythmias.

(Ebstein Anomaly, NCI Thesaurus)

The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs.

(Murine Pulmonary Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Large artery originating from the superior surface of right ventricle and carrying deoxygenated blood from heart to lung.

(Murine Pulmonary Artery, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Cardiomyopathy which is characterized by dilation and contractile dysfunction of the left and right ventricles.

(Dilated Cardiomyopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Atrioventricular septal defect in which the atrioventricular junction is shared evenly between the left ventricle and right ventricle.

(Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defect Balanced, NCI Thesaurus)