Ventricle (heart)

<p>A ventricle is one of two large chambers located toward the bottom of the <a href="/facts/Heart/fF4KSGdk">heart</a> that collect and expel <a href="/facts/Blood/03zEulkj">blood</a> towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs. The blood <a href="/facts/Pump/UtMn3Btt">pumped</a> by a ventricle is supplied by an <a href="/facts/Atrium_(heart)/eYNg8Vw2">atrium</a>, an adjacent chamber in the upper heart that is smaller than a ventricle. Interventricular means between the ventricles (for example the <a href="/facts/Interventricular_septum/sCFj6ywI">interventricular septum</a>), while intraventricular means within one ventricle (for example an <a href="/facts/Intraventricular_block/KBtqrefz">intraventricular block</a>).
</p><p>In a four-chambered heart, such as that in <a href="/facts/Human/rlcTENsr">humans</a>, there are two ventricles that operate in a <a href="/facts/Double_circulatory_system/WXwudzzc">double circulatory system</a>: the right ventricle pumps blood into the <a href="/facts/Pulmonary_circulation/mBM1zMzc">pulmonary circulation</a> to the <a href="/facts/Lung/gTWXI6Fj">lungs</a>, and the left ventricle pumps blood into the <a href="/facts/Systemic_circulation/WXwudzzc">systemic circulation</a> through the <a href="/facts/Aorta/ov2Gp9h4">aorta</a>.
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Ventricle (heart)