Term: cardiac ventricle cardiac muscle tissue growth
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Name: cardiac ventricle
Synonyms: ventricle
Definition: Cavitated compound organ that receives blood flow from the atrium and delivers blood to the body via the aorta. Valves are present to direct flow. There are only two chambers present in the fish heart.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000009]
Name: cardiac muscle tissue growth
Synonyms: heart muscle growth
Definition: The increase in size or mass of a cardiac muscle, where the increase in size or mass has the specific outcome of the progression of the organism over time from one condition to another.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0055017]    QuickGO    AmiGO