# What is the right ventricle?

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

## What it means

- The lower right chamber of the heart.
- Has a thinner wall than the left ventricle.
- Pumps deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery to reach the lungs.

## Action steps

1. In the front of the heart, forming most of its front surface.
2. Receives blood from the right atrium through the tricuspid valve.
3. Empties into the pulmonary trunk through the pulmonary valve.

## Sources

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

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