Left ventricle
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Image:Heart labelled large.png Image:Gray496.png The left ventricle is one of four chambers (two atria and two ventricles) in the human heart. It receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium via the mitral valve, and pumps it into the aorta via the aortic valve.
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See also
| Cardiovascular system - Heart - edit |
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| atria (interatrial septum) | ventricles (interventricular septum) | valves (chordae tendinae, papillary muscle)
right heart: (vena cavae, coronary sinus) → right atrium (fossa ovalis) → tricuspid valve → right ventricle → pulmonic valve left heart: (pulmonary veins) → left atrium → mitral valve → left ventricle → aortic valve pericardium | epicardium | endocardium | myocardium conduction system: cardiac pacemaker | Purkinje fibers | bundle of His | SA node | AV node |