visceral layer of serous pericardium
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Serous pericardium — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = pericardium serosum GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = A transverse section of the thorax, showing the contents of the middle and the posterior mediastinum. The pleural and pericardial cavities are… … Wikipedia
layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
Pericardium — The conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels. The pericardium’s outer coat (the parietal pericardium) is tough and thickened, loosely cloaks the heart, and is attached to the central part of… … Medical dictionary
Pericardium — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 137 GrayPage = 524 Caption = Posterior wall of the pericardial sac, showing the lines of reflection of the serous pericardium on the great vessels. Caption2 = A transverse section of the… … Wikipedia
serous membrane — n any of various thin membranes (as the peritoneum, pericardium, or pleurae) that consist of a single layer of thin flat mesothelial cells resting on a connective tissue stroma, secrete a serous fluid, and usu. line bodily cavities or enclose the … Medical dictionary
serous membrane — noun a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid • Syn: ↑serosa • Hypernyms: ↑membrane, ↑tissue layer • Hyponyms: ↑pleura, ↑peritoneum … Useful english dictionary
Epicardium — The inner layer of the pericardium, a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels. The pericardium has outer and inner coats. The outer coat is tough and thickened, loosely cloaks the heart, and … Medical dictionary
Lamina — A plate or layer. For example, the lamina arcus vertebrae, usually just called the lamina, are plates of bone in each vertebral body. * * * SYN: plate (1). SEE ALSO: layer, stratum. [L] l. affixa [TA] that part of the medial ependymal wall of the … Medical dictionary
lamina visceralis pericardii serosi — [TA] visceral layer of serous pericardium: the inner layer of the serous pericardium; it is in contact with the heart and the roots of the great vessels; called also epicardium [TA alternative] and visceral pericardium … Medical dictionary
Myocardium — Infobox Anatomy Name = Myocardium Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = coronary arteries Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = m 24 DorlandsSuf = 12554874 Myocardium is the… … Wikipedia
