What is the left ventricle?
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The left ventricle is called the left ventricle. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the lower left chamber of the heart.
Summary
The left ventricle is called the left ventricle. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the lower left chamber of the heart.
What it is
- The lower left chamber of the heart.
- Has the thickest wall of any chamber.
- Pumps oxygen-rich blood out through the aorta to the whole body.
Where it is
- In the lower left part of the heart.
- Receives blood from the left atrium through the mitral valve.
- Empties into the aorta through the aortic valve.
Sources
According to Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918, public domain):
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