Contents
Key Stage 4
Meaning
The ventricles are chambers in the bottom of the heart where blood leaves through arteries.
About the Ventricles
- The ventricles are separated from the atria by heart valves.
- The heart has two ventricles. A right ventricle and a left ventricle
- The right ventricle receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium and pumps the blood out of the heart through the Pulmonary Artery to the lungs.
- The left ventricle receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and pumps the blood out of the heart through an artery called the Aorta which takes the blood to the rest of the body.
References
AQA
- Ventricle, pages 114-5, 121, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA
- Ventricles, page 30, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Ventricles, page 34, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Ventricles, pages 52, 53, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 1, Hodder, AQA
- Ventricles, pages 56, 58, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Ventricles, pages 73, 75, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA
- Ventricles, pages 79, 81, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA