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chorda tendineae
- Term ID
- UBERON:0005994
- Synonyms
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- chordae tendineae cordis
- Definition
- The tendinous strands that connect the papillary muscles on the wall of the ventricles to the leaflets of the atrioventricular valves; the chordae tendineae serve to prevent the AV valves from prolapsing back into the atria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chordae_tendineae
- References
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- Chordae:tendineae
- EMAPA:36322
- GAID:564
- MESH:D002815
- NCIT:C32307
- UMLS:C0008484
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0008484
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/279330004
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