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ventricle

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ventricle  \Ven"tri*cle\,  n.  [L.  ventriculus  the  stomach,  a 
  ventricle,  dim.  of  venter  the  belly:  cf  F.  ventricule.  See 
  {Ventral}.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  A  cavity,  or  one  of  the  cavities,  of  an  organ,  as 
  of  the  larynx  or  the  brain;  specifically,  the  posterior 
  chamber,  or  one  of  the  two  posterior  chambers,  of  the 
  heart,  which  receives  the  blood  from  the  auricle  and 
  forces  it  out  from  the  heart.  See  {Heart}. 
 
  Note:  The  principal  ventricles  of  the  brain  are  the  fourth  in 
  the  medulla,  the  third  in  the  midbrain,  the  first  and 
  second  or  lateral,  ventricles  in  the  cerebral 
  hemispheres,  all  of  which  are  connected  with  each 
  other  and  the  fifth  or  pseudoc[oe]le,  situated 
  between  the  hemispheres,  in  front  of  or  above,  the 
  fornix,  and  entirely  disconnected  with  the  other 
  cavities.  See  {Brain},  and  {C[oe]lia}. 
 
  2.  The  stomach.  [Obs.] 
 
  Whether  I  will  or  not  while  I  live,  my  heart  beats, 
  and  my  ventricle  digests  what  is  in  it  --Sir  M. 
  Hale. 
 
  3.  Fig.:  Any  cavity,  or  hollow  place  in  which  any  function 
  may  be  conceived  of  as  operating. 
 
  These  [ideas]  are  begot  on  the  ventricle  of  memory. 
  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ventricle 
  n  1:  one  of  four  connected  cavities  in  the  brain;  is  continuous 
  with  the  central  canal  of  the  spinal  cord  and  contains 
  cerebrospinal  fluid 
  2:  a  chamber  of  the  heart  that  receives  blood  from  an  atrium 
  and  pumps  it  to  the  arteries  [syn:  {heart  ventricle}]




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