Category: V

Having a swelling like a belly. Possessing a protruding belly or an abdomen that swells outward, resembling a potbelly.  

Examination of the abdominal cavity by illumination.  

In a direction from the front to the back.  

The use of a needle to puncture a lateral ventricle of the brain.  

The measurement of the intraventricular cerebral pressure.  

Surgery for the relief of laryngeal stenosis. The ventricular floor is removed, but the buccal processes are left in place.  

Plastic surgery to create an opening between the ventricles of the brain and the cisterna magna.  

Reshaping of heart muscle in response to injuries such as myocardial infarction, overload (hypertension), or valvular heart disease such as aortic stenosis or mitral regurgitation. Cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and myocyte death are all potential consequences.  

Distensibility or stiffness of the relaxed ventricle of the heart.  

Use of a device to temporarily replace the pumping action of a diseased or nonfunctioning heart.