| ventricle |
A normal cavity, as of the brain or heart.
Ãâó: www.dbs-stn.org/glossary4.asp
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| ventricular fibrillation |
An erratic, disorganized firing of impulses from the ventricles. The ventricles quiver and are unable to contract or pump blood to the body. This is a medical emergency that must be treated with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation as soon as possible.
Ãâó: www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/glossary/v...
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| ventricular tachycardia |
A rapid life-threatening rhythm originating from the lower chambers of the heart. The rapid rate prevents the heart from filling adequately with blood, and less blood is able to pump through the body.
Ãâó: www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/glossary/v...
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| ventilator |
Patients in a coma or with serious heart or nerve involvement may need a ventilator to help them breathe.
Ãâó: www.womenandinfants.com/body.cfm
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| ventricle |
L. ventriculus, from venter, belly, chamber, cavity. Ventricles of the brain were so-named because it was at one time fashionable to name parts of the brain for other parts of the body that they resembled.
Ãâó: www.vh.org/adult/provider/anatomy/MicroscopicAnato...
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