Pericardium meaning

pĕr'ĭ-kär'dē-əm
(anatomy, cardiology) A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.
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The membranous sac filled with serous fluid that encloses the heart and the roots of the aorta and other large blood vessels.
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In vertebrates, the thin, closed, membranous sac surrounding the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels and containing a clear serous liquid.
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The membranous sac filled with serous fluid that encloses the heart and the roots of the aorta and other large blood vessels.
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The membrane sac that encloses the heart in vertebrate animals.
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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 pair of renal organs of Anodonta, called in Lamellibranchs the organs of Bojanus, lie below the membranous floor of the pericardium, and open into it by two well-marked apertures (e and f in fig.

  • The glands secrete hippuric acid which passes from the pericardium into the renal organs.

  • It contains a closed vesicle regarded by Schepotieff as a right probosciscavity and in any case representing the pericardium of Balangolossus, the glomerulus of which is also probably represented.

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