ventricle

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either of two small, hollow spaces, one in each side of the heart, that force blood into the tubes leading from the heart to the other parts of the body:

The right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs.

The aorta receives blood directly from the left ventricle of the heart via the aortic valve.

any of four spaces in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid (= liquid that moves around the brain and spinal cord):

Hydrocephalus is an abnormal build-up of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain.

It is a haemorrhage of the area surrounding the lateral cerebral ventricles.

each of the two main spaces in the heart, left and right