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Ventricle vs Obex - What's the difference?

ventricle | obex |

As nouns the difference between ventricle and obex

is that ventricle is (anatomy|zoology) any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially: while obex is (anatomy) the point in the human brain at which the fourth ventricle narrows to become the central canal of the spinal cord.

ventricle

English

Noun

(wikipedia ventricle) (en noun)
  • (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:
  • [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;) "
  • # (archaic) The womb.

    • Related terms

    * interventricular * intraventricular * ventricular * ventriculus

    See also

    * atrium

    External links

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    obex

    English

    (wikipedia obex)

    Noun

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  • (anatomy) The point in the human brain at which the fourth ventricle narrows to become the central canal of the spinal cord.
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