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Descriptor
English
:
Pericardium
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Pericardio
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Pericárdio
Synonyms
English
:
Epicardium
Tree Number:
A07.541.795
A10.615.789.470
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
inflammation
=
PERICARDITIS
or its specifics; simple
mediastinal cyst
adjacent to
pericardium
=
MEDIASTINAL CYST
(do not coordinate with
PERICARDIUM
)
See Related
English
:
Pericardiectomy
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AB
abnormalities
AH
anatomy & histology
CH
chemistry
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IN
injuries
IR
innervation
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
PP
physiopathology
RE
radiation effects
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
SE
secretion
SU
surgery
TR
transplantation
US
ultrasonography
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
10686
Unique Identifier:
D010496
Occurrence in VHL
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