Medical Definition of Pleuropericardial fold

1. A tissue fold jutting into the right or left embryonic pericardioperitoneal canal; it separates the developing pericardium from the pleural cavity and is formed by the growth of the common cardinal veins to the midline of the body. Synonym: pericardiopleural membrane, pleuropericardial membrane. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleuropericardial Fold

pleurodonts
pleurodynia
pleurodynias
pleuroesophageal line
pleuroesophageal muscle
pleurogenic
pleurogenous
pleurography
pleurohepatitis
pleurolith
pleurolysis
pleuron
pleuronectoid
pleuropericardial
pleuropericardial canals
pleuropericardial fold (current term)
pleuropericardial hiatus
pleuropericardial membrane
pleuropericardial murmur
pleuropericarditis
pleuroperipneumonies
pleuroperipneumony
pleuroperitoneal
pleuroperitoneal canal
pleuroperitoneal cavity
pleuroperitoneal fold
pleuroperitoneal foramen
pleuroperitoneal hiatus
pleuroperitoneal membrane
pleuroperitoneum

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