# What is the left ventricle?

The left ventricle is called the left ventricle. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the lower left chamber of the heart.

## What it means

- The lower left chamber of the heart.
- Has the thickest wall of any chamber.
- Pumps oxygen-rich blood out through the aorta to the whole body.

## Action steps

1. In the lower left part of the heart.
2. Receives blood from the left atrium through the mitral valve.
3. Empties into the aorta through the aortic valve.

## Sources

- [Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918)](https://www.bartleby.com/107/)

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