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Tissues > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Myocardium > Papillary Muscles
Cardiovascular System > Heart > Myocardium > Papillary Muscles
Cardiovascular System > Heart > Heart Valves > Papillary Muscles

Preferred term

Papillary Muscles  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Conical muscular projections from the walls of the cardiac ventricles, attached to the cusps of the atrioventricular valves by the chordae tendineae.

Broader concept

In other languages

  • French

  • Muscles papillaires du coeur
  • Piliers de premier ordre
  • Piliers du coeur

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BZ4Z3DWF-6

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