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Heart ventricles

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_ventricles)

In the heart, a ventricle is one of two large chambers that collect and expel blood received from an atrium towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs. The atrium (an adjacent/upper heart chamber that is smaller than a ventricle) primes the Pump. (Wikipedia)

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26-Mar-2013

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