Ventricles

Imagine your body as a giant waterpark with slides and a lazy river. The ventricles are like special rooms in your heart that hold the water (blood) that flows throughout your body.

• Your heart is like a pump that keeps the water moving.
• The ventricles are kind of squishy and can stretch to hold more blood when you need it, like before a big run on the water slides!

Etymology (Word Origins)

• Ventricles comes from the Latin word "ventriculus," which means "little belly."
  • It makes sense because the ventricles are rounded chambers in your heart, like little bellies holding the blood.