The topic chamber is discussed in the following articles:

effects of heart disease

  • TITLE: cardiovascular disease
    SECTION: Abnormalities of individual heart chambers

role in circulatory system

  • TITLE: heart (anatomy)
    ...covers the outside, and another layer, the endocardium, lines the inside. The heart cavity is divided down the middle into a right and a left heart, which in turn are subdivided into two chambers. The upper chamber is called an atrium (or auricle), and the lower chamber is called a ventricle. The two atria act as receiving chambers for blood entering the heart; the more muscular...
  • TITLE: circulatory system (anatomy)
    SECTION: Blood pressure and blood flow
    The ventricle is the main pumping chamber, but one of the features of double circulation is that the two circuits require different pressure levels. Although the shorter pulmonary circulation requires less pressure than the much longer systemic circuit, the two are connected to each other and must transport the same volume of fluid per unit time. The right and left ventricles in birds and...
  • TITLE: human cardiovascular system (anatomy)
    SECTION: Chambers of the heart