ventricles

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

NPH occurs when excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the brain’s ventricles, with patients experiencing cognitive decline, difficulty walking and urinary incontinence, according to the Alzheimer’s Assn.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

"The left and right ventricles are highly coupled, so as the device disrupts flow through the system, that can unmask or induce right heart failure in many patients," Lamberti says.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

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

If I moved in to organize them they would resent it, perhaps become frightened, perhaps swarm out into my ventricles like bees.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas