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VENTRICULUS [2 records]

Record 1 2017-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A thick-walled, muscular chamber responsible for pumping oxygenated blood into the aorta and general circulation.

CONT

Since the left ventricle receives oxygenated blood destined for all the tissues of the body, and since it must forcefully pump this blood out into the major conducting and distributing arteries, it is obvious that it will dominate the smaller right ventricle which pumps venous blood only a short distance to the lungs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Cavité la plus importante du cœur, elle a la forme d'un cône limité à droite par la cloison inter-ventriculaire. Ses parois sont recouvertes par des colonnes charnues.

CONT

Le cœur se contracte de 60 à 70 fois par minute chez l'adulte, expulsant simultanément le sang du ventricule droit dans les poumons et le sang du ventricule gauche dans le reste de l'organisme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Corazón
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Cavidad del lado izquierdo del corazón que recibe la sangre arterial de la aurícula izquierda y la lleva por contracción de sus paredes a la aorta.

CONT

El ventrículo izquierdo, el bulbo arterioso forma las paredes del vestíbulo aórtico, la porción de la cavidad ventricular justo por abajo de la válvula aórtica.

CONT

El ventrículo izquierdo tiene la forma de un cono ligeramente aplanado transversalmente, lo que permite reconocerle dos paredes, un vértice y una base.

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Record 2 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Beyond this valve is the stomach or ventriculus, which is quite large and is bent into a U-shaped loop. Its walls are muscular and contain glands that secrete digestive enzymes. It is in this portion of the bee's digestive system that food materials are absorbed into the blood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Continuant notre examen du tube digestif, et quittant le jabot et la bouche de l'estomac, nous arrivons à l'intestin moyen qui, lui, est le véritable estomac de l'abeille, celui dans lequel les aliments qu'elle a absorbés subissent une transformation telle qu'ils sont rendus directement assimilables. [...] l'intestin moyen sécrète les ferments digestifs indispensables à la transformation du pollen [...]

Spanish

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