Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

chordae tendineae

Synonyms

tendinous cords of heart

Definitions

The tendinous cords that connect each cusp of the two atrioventricular heart valves to appropriate papillary muscles in the heart ventricles, preventing the valves from reversing themselves when the ventricles contract. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID1401

Definition

The tendinous cords that connect each cusp of the two atrioventricular heart valves to appropriate papillary muscles in the heart ventricles, preventing the valves from reversing themselves when the ventricles contract. [MeSH]

label

RID1401

Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID1398

Preferred_name

chordae tendineae

Preferred_name_German

Chordae tendineae

prefixIRI

RID1401

Synonym

tendinous cords of heart

UMLS_ID

C0008484

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID34908

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