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Pinna :: Pinna (n.) The auricle of the ear. See Ear.

Auricular :: Auricular (a.) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.

Auricle :: Auricle (n.) An angular or ear-shaped lobe.

Ventricle :: Ventricle (n.) A cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior chambers, of the heart, which receives the blood from the auricle and forces it out from the heart. See Heart..

Interauricular :: Interauricular (a.) Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of the heart..

Atrium :: Atrium (n.) The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart..

Auricled :: Auricled (a.) Having ear-shaped appendages or lobes; auriculate; as, auricled leaves..

Auriculated :: Auriculated (a.) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zool.) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc..

Scutibranchiata :: Scutibranchiata (n. pl.) An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike.

Auricle :: Auricle (n.) An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.

Pavilion :: Pavilion (n.) The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube..

Auricle :: Auricle (n.) The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head..

Biauriculate :: Biauriculate (a.) Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles..

Auricle :: Auricle (n.) The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart..

Reptilia :: Reptilia (n. pl.) A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds..

Mitral :: Mitral (a.) Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral valve between the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart..

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