Concept information
Preferred term
Myocardium
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Cardiac Muscle
- Cardiac Muscles
- Heart Muscle
- Heart Muscles
- Muscle, Cardiac
- Muscle, Heart
- Muscles, Cardiac
- Muscles, Heart
- Myocardia
Note
- the heart as tissue, differentiated from the heart as a pump (= HEART); ischemia = MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; inflammation = MYOCARDITIS
Scope note
- The muscle tissue of the HEART. It is composed of striated, involuntary muscle cells (MYOCYTES, CARDIAC) connected to form the contractile pump to generate blood flow.
In other languages
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Finnish
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myocardium
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myokardium
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sydämen lihaskerros
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Swedish
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Myokardium
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009206
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