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Cardiovascular System > Heart > Pericardium
Tissues > Membranes > Serous Membrane > Pericardium

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Pericardium  

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Entry terms

  • Cavities, Pericardial
  • Cavity, Pericardial
  • Fibrous Pericardium
  • Parietal Pericardium
  • Pericardial Cavities
  • Pericardial Cavity
  • Pericardium, Fibrous
  • Pericardium, Parietal
  • Pericardium, Serous
  • Pericardiums, Fibrous
  • Pericardiums, Serous
  • Pericardium, Visceral
  • Serous Pericardium
  • Serous Pericardiums
  • Visceral Pericardium

Note

  • inflammation = PERICARDITIS or its specifics; simple mediastinal cyst adjacent to pericardium = MEDIASTINAL CYST (do not coordinate with PERICARDIUM)

Scope note

  • A conical fibro-serous sac surrounding the HEART and the roots of the great vessels (AORTA; VENAE CAVAE; PULMONARY ARTERY). Pericardium consists of two sacs: the outer fibrous pericardium and the inner serous pericardium. The latter consists of an outer parietal layer facing the fibrous pericardium, and an inner visceral layer (epicardium) resting next to the heart, and a pericardial cavity between these two layers.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010496

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