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chorda tendineae

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UBERON:0005994
Synonyms
  • 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
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