What is the right ventricle?
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The right ventricle is called the right ventricle. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the lower right chamber of the heart.
Summary
The right ventricle is called the right ventricle. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the lower right chamber of the heart.
What it is
- The lower right chamber of the heart.
- Has a thinner wall than the left ventricle.
- Pumps deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery to reach the lungs.
Where it is
- In the front of the heart, forming most of its front surface.
- Receives blood from the right atrium through the tricuspid valve.
- Empties into the pulmonary trunk through the pulmonary valve.
Sources
According to Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918, public domain):
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