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 Translation for 'ventricle' from English to Icelandic
NOUN   a ventricle | ventricles
SYNO heart ventricle | ventricle
líffærafr.
slegill {k}
ventricle
líffærafr.
heilahólf {hv} [Ventriculus cerebri]
cerebral ventricle
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Translation for 'ventricle' from English to Icelandic

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ventricle
slegill {k}líffærafr.

cerebral ventricle
heilahólf {hv} [Ventriculus cerebri]líffærafr.
Usage Examples English
  • A ventricle is one of two large chambers toward the bottom of the heart that collect and expel blood towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs.
  • When the left ventricle contracts (systole), pressure rises in the left ventricle.
  • In a normal heart, de-oxygenated blood is pumped into the lungs via the right ventricle.
  • In the brain, the taenia of the fourth ventricle (lingula, tenia of fourth ventricle) are two narrow bands of white matter, one on either side, which complete the lower part of the roof of the fourth ventricle.
  • By the upgrowth of the ventricular septum the bulbus cordis is separated from the left ventricle, but remains an integral part of the right ventricle, of which it forms the infundibulum.

  • One further development in recent years has been the invention of a catheter with a fiber-optic based probe which is extended and lodged into the ventricle wall providing instant readings of SvO2 or oxygen saturation of the ventricle tissues.
  • Single ventricle is a rare congenital heart defect, which constitute just over 1% of congenital cardiovascular diseases.
  • During expiration, the amount of blood entering the left ventricle will increase, allowing the interventricular septum to bulge towards the right ventricle, decreasing the right heart ventricular filing.
  • The disease is a type of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy that primarily involves the right ventricle, though cases of exclusive left ventricular disease have been reported.
  • It has three leaflets that separate when the ventricle contracts to allow blood to move from the ventricle to the aorta.

  • In cardiovascular physiology, stroke volume (SV) is the volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle per beat.
  • Holmes heart is a rare congenital heart disease with absence of the inflow tract of the morphologically right ventricle (RV) and hence a single left ventricle (LV).
  • A double inlet left ventricle (DILV) or "single ventricle", is a congenital heart defect appearing in 5 in [...] newborns, where both the left atrium and the right atrium feed into the left ventricle.
  • Echocardiography, which is the diagnostic test of choice, often demonstrates an enlarged pericardium or collapsed ventricles.
  • The lateral ventricles are the two largest ventricles of the brain and contain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

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