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ventricle  

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  • A ventricle is one of two large chambers toward the bottom of the heart that collect and expel blood received from an atrium towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs. The atrium (an adjacent/upper heart chamber that is smaller than a ventricle) primes the pump.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/INS-RT88W4XV-2

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