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Chordae Tendineae

Medical Definition: The tendinous cords that connect each cusp of the two atrioventricular valves to appropriate papillary muscles in the heart ventricles, preventing the valves from reversing themselves when the ventricles contract.
Guide Notes: for disease, coord IM with HEART DISEASES (IM); PAPILLARY MUSCLES is also available but read MeSH definition; false tendons: index PURKINJE FIBERS but see note there

Chordae Tendineae Medical Definitions and Terms

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