Pericardium Definition

pĕrĭ-kärdē-əm
pericardia
noun
In vertebrates, the thin, closed, membranous sac surrounding the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels and containing a clear serous liquid.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pericardium

Noun

Singular:
pericardium
Plural:
pericardia

Origin of Pericardium

  • New Latin from Greek perikardion from perikardios around the heart peri- peri- kardiā heart kerd- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pericardium Sentence Examples

  • The typical pericardium is well developed.

  • A, Pericardium opened dorsally a, Ventricle of the heart.

  • The heart lying within the adjacent pericardium has the usual form, a single auricle and ventricle.

  • The heart is enclosed in the pericardium, and consists of a median elongated ventricle and a pair of lateral auricles, so that the structure somewhat resembles that in the Lamellibranchiata.

  • In Unionidae and several other forms the pericardial glands are extended into diverti cula of the pericardium which penetrate the mantle and constitute the organ of Heber.

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