Myocardium
| Definition: |
The muscle tissue of the HEART composed of striated, involuntary muscle known as cardiac muscle. |
| Notes: |
the heart as tissue, differentiated from the heart as a pump ( = HEART); Manual 21.48; ischemia = MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; inflammation = MYOCARDITIS |
Myocardium Categories.
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Papillary Muscles - Conical muscular projections from the walls of the cardiac ventricles, attached to the cusps of the atrioventricular valves by the chordae tendineae. |
Myocardium Definitions and Terms
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