| ventriculonector | Synonym: atrioventricular bundle. Origin: ventriculo-+ L. Necto, to join (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ventriculoperitoneal shunt | <procedure> A surgical procedure to insert a communicating catheter to relieve intracranial pressure caused by hydrocephalus. In this procedure the cerebrospinal fluid is shunted from the ventricles of the brain into the peritoneal cavity via a surgically implanted tube. (27 Sep 1997) |
| ventriculophasic | Influenced by ventricular contraction; applied to the atrial rhythm when this is modified by ventricular contraction; in ventriculophasic sinus arrhythmia in complete A-V block the sinus impulse immediately following a ventricular contraction usually appears sooner than expected. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventriculoplasty | Any surgical procedure to repair a defect of one of the ventricles of the heart. Origin: ventriculo-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventriculopuncture | Insertion of a needle into a ventricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventriculoradial dysplasia | A congenital syndrome consisting of a ventricular septal defect with associated absence of thumb or radius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventriculoscopy | Direct inspection of a ventricle with an endoscope. Origin: ventriculo-+ G. Skopeo, to view (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventriculostomy | Surgical creation of an opening in a cerebral ventricle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ventriculosubarachnoid | Relating to the space occupied by the cerebrospinal fluid. Origin: ventriculo-+ subarachnoid (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventriculotomy | Incision into a ventricle; e.g., into the cerebral third ventricle for the relief of hydrocephalus or into a cardiac ventricle to surgically correct an abnormality.. Origin: ventriculo-+ G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventriculus | Origin: L, belly, dim. Fr. Venter belly. <zoology> One of the stomachs of certain insects. The body cavity of a sponge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ventriculus cordis | One of the two lower chambers of the heart. Synonym: ventriculus cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventriculus dexter | The muscular chamber of the heart which accepts blood from the right atrium and pumps it through the pulmonary artery into the lungs. (27 Sep 1997) |
| ventriculus laryngis | The recess in each lateral wall of the larynx between the vestibular and vocal folds and into which the layrngeal sacculus opens. Synonym: ventriculus laryngis, laryngeal sinus, Morgagni's sinus, Morgagni's ventricle, sinus laryngeus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventriculus lateralis | A cavity shaped somewhat like a horseshoe in conformity with the general shape of the hemisphere; each lateral ventricle communicates with the third ventricle through the interventricular foramen of Monro, and expands from there forward into the frontal lobe as the anterior horn as well as caudally over the thalamus as the central part or cella media which, behind the thalamus, curves ventrally and laterally, then forward into the temporal lobe as the inferior horn; from the apex of the curve a variably sized posterior horn extends back into the white matter of the occipital lobe. The large choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle invades the cella media and the inferior horn (but not the anterior and posterior horn) from the medial side. Synonym: ventriculus lateralis, ventricle of cerebral hemisphere. (05 Mar 2000) |