Corpus: Ventricle
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from Latin: ventriculus - small belly
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In anatomy, the term ventricle refers to abdominal-shaped hollow organs or empty spaces in the human body.
In the narrower sense, the stomach in particular bears the Latin name "ventriculus". The following structures are also referred to as ventricles:
- Ventriculi cerebri (ventricles of the brain)
- Ventriculi laterales (lateral ventricles)
- Ventriculus tertius (3rd ventricle)
- Ventriculus quartus (4th ventricle)
- Cardiac ventricle
- Ventriculus dexter (right ventricle)
- Ventriculus sinister (left ventricle)
- Ventriculus laryngis
- Stomach