heart posterior wall thickness heart left ventricle posterior wall thickness 2010-06-17T11:15:28Z CMO:0000239 Note that "left" in this context refers to the perspective of the organism, not that of the observer. The thickness or depth (i.e. the measurement of the two-dimensional extent of the distance between the inner and outer surfaces) of the dorsal/posterior wall of the left ventricle of the heart. The dorsal wall is the portion of the muscle enclosing the ventricle which is closest to the spine and farthest from the chest wall of the organism. The left ventricle is the lower chamber of the left side of the heart, which pumps oxygenated blood out through the aorta to all the tissues of the body. VT:0007087 clinical_measurement_ontology heart left ventricle dorsal wall thickness mshimoyama heart left ventricle morphological measurement