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Helen DeVos

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
100 Michigan Street NE
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
616.391.9000


Dictionary: Left Ventricle

Left ventricle (VEN-trih-kul): one of the four chambers of the heart. The left ventricle pumps blood full of oxygen out to the body.

Two diagrams show the position of the heart in the body and a close-up, cross section of a healthy heart. Blood flows from the left atrium into the left ventricle and through a valve into the aorta.