Ventricular
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or of the nature of a ventricle.
2.
of or relating to a belly or to something resembling one.
adjective
1.
of, relating to, involving, or constituting a ventricle
2.
having a belly
3.
swollen or distended; ventricose
ventricular ven·tric·u·lar (věn-trĭk’yə-lər)
adj.
Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus.
ventricle
(věn’trĭ-kəl)
A chamber of the heart that receives blood from one or more atria and pumps it by muscular contraction into the arteries. Mammals, birds, and reptiles have two ventricles; amphibians and fish have one.
Any of four fluid-filled cavities in the brain of vertebrate animals. The ventricles are filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
ventricular adjective (věn-trĭk’yə-lər)
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ventricular artery n. Any of the arteries that are branches of the right and left coronary arteries distributed to the muscle of the ventricles.
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ventricular band of larynx n. See vestibular fold.
- Ventricular complex
ventricular complex n. The continuous QRST wave in each beat in an electrocardiogram.
- Ventricular conduction
ventricular conduction n. See intraventricular conduction.
- Ventricular escape
ventricular escape n. Cardiologic escape in which a ventricular pacemaker sets the heart’s beat before the sinoatrial pacemaker.