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MeSH Heading: Heart Ventricles
Tree Number(s): A07.541.560
Unique ID: D006352
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006352
Annotation: ventricular hypertrophy = HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR or HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; false ventricular tendons: index PURKINJE FIBERS but see note there; PAPILLARY MUSCLES & CHORDAE TENDINEAE are also available
Scope Note: The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous BLOOD into the LUNGS and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation.
Entry Term(s): Cardiac Ventricle; Cardiac Ventricles; Heart Ventricle; Left Ventricle; Right Ventricle
See Also: Radionuclide Ventriculography; Ventricular Pressure
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see HEART VENTRICLE 1966-2003
History Note: 2004(1966)
Entry Combination: physiology:Ventricular Function
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/05

Entry Combination: physiology:Ventricular Function
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0009975
Scope Note: The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous BLOOD into the LUNGS and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation.
Terms: Heart Ventricles Preferred Term
Term UI T538027
Date04/11/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Heart Ventricle
Term UI T019241
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Cardiac Ventricle
Term UI T538144
Date04/14/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Cardiac Ventricles
Term UI T538145
Date04/14/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004)

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