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Myocardium

Medical Definition: The muscle tissue of the HEART composed of striated, involuntary muscle known as cardiac muscle.
Guide Notes: the heart as tissue, differentiated from the heart as a pump ( = HEART); Manual 21.48; ischemia = MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; inflammation = MYOCARDITIS
Myocardium Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition 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 Medical Definitions and Terms

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