Auricle
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
Botany, Zoology. a part like or likened to an ear.
Historical Examples
The superior and inferior venæ cavæ are busily filling the auricle with dark, impure blood.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
It contains one auricle and one ventricle only, not two of each as in man.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) David Starr Jordan
B, is the right sinus, or auricle, into which the returned blood is poured.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy Catherine Esther Beecher
The extrasystole may have its origin in either the auricle or the ventricle.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: Louis Marshall Warfield
The auricle may contract twice as often as the ventricle, and the pulse may be regular or markedly irregular.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation Austin O’Malley
The auricle and ventricle on each side are completely separated.
Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman
The absence of the auricle, as the result of accident or injury, does not cause diminution of hearing.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 Various
In animals with cold blood, (as fishes,) the heart is single, having but one auricle and one ventricle.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy Catherine Esther Beecher
The heart is modified to form two pulsating cavities, auricle and ventricle.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) David Starr Jordan
Such a condition may be readily produced in a dog’s exposed heart by direct faradization of the auricle.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: Louis Marshall Warfield
noun
the upper chamber of the heart; atrium
a small sac in the atrium of the heart
(anatomy) Also called pinna. the external part of the ear
(biology) Also called auricula. an ear-shaped part or appendage, such as that occurring at the join of the leaf blade and the leaf sheath in some grasses
n.
part of the ear, 1650s, from Latin auricula “ear,” diminutive of auris (see ear (n.1)). As a chamber of the heart, early 15c., from Latin, so called from a perceived similarity in shape to an animal’s ear.
auricle au·ri·cle (ôr’ĭ-kəl)
n.
Atrial auricle.
The projecting shell-like structure on the side of the head constituting, with the external acoustic meatus, the external ear. Also called pinna.
auricle
(ôr’ĭ-kəl)
The visible part of the outer ear.
An atrium of the heart.
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