Aorta vs Ventricle - What's the difference?
aorta | ventricle |
(label) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
(label) The liveliest part of something.
(anatomy, zoology) Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:
# (anatomy) One of two lower chambers of the heart.
# (anatomy) One of four cavities in the brain.
# (archaic, anatomy, zoology) The stomach.
#* 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 72:
# (archaic) The womb.
As nouns the difference between aorta and ventricle
is that aorta is (label) the great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system while ventricle is (anatomy|zoology) any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:.aorta
English
(wikipedia aorta)Noun
(en-noun)- Tracing their battles, I had many occasions to walk along Second Avenue, the aorta of the Lower East Side, exploring places that were once as vibrant and tumultuous as Midtown Manhattan. [http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/travel/escapes/26yiddish.html?8dpc]
Derived terms
* aortal * aorticSee also
* circulatory system ----ventricle
English
Noun
(wikipedia ventricle) (en noun)- [On birds] "Where omitting the more general Properties, of having two Ventricles , and picking up stones to conveigh them into their second Ventricle, the Gizzern, (which provision and instinct is a supply for the want of teeth;) "