Term Name:	myocardium
Synonyms:	cardiac muscle, heart muscle, heart myocardium, muscle of heart
Definition:	the middle layer of the heart, comprised mainly of striated cardiac muscle fibers
Ontology:	Cell Ontology [UBERON:0002349]

Relationships

is part of:	musculature of body
has parts:	cardiac muscle tissue of myocardium conducting system of heart myocardial layer pulmonary myocardium
is a type of:	heart layer layer of muscle tissue structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
has subtype:	bulbus cordis myocardium myocardium of atrium myocardium of ventricle outflow tract myocardium