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Noun: right ventricle
  1. The chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk
    "The right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs for oxygenation"

Derived forms: right ventricles

Type of: heart ventricle, ventricle

Encyclopedia: Right ventricle