Term: cardiac ventricle sarcomere
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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: sarcomere
Synonyms:
Definition: The repeating unit of a myofibril in a muscle cell, composed of an array of overlapping thick and thin filaments between two adjacent Z discs.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0030017]    QuickGO    AmiGO