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Definition of Endocardium
1. Noun. The membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves.
Definition of Endocardium
1. n. The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.
Definition of Endocardium
1. Noun. (anatomy cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Endocardium
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Medical Definition of Endocardium
1. The inner most lining of the heart cavities. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endocardium
Literary usage of Endocardium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The endocardium is a thin membrane which lines the internal surface of the heart ;
it assists in forming the valves by its reduplications, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"At its upper part it suddenly tapers off and becomes destitute of muscular fibres.
consisting only of fibrous tissue covered by two layers of endocardium, ..."
3. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"endocardium Anatomy.—The endocardium lines the cavities of the heart and ...
Consequently all the cells forming the endocardium are nourished by imbibition. ..."
4. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"endocardium Anatomy.—The endocardium lines the cavities of the heart and ...
Consequently all the cells forming the endocardium are nourished by imbibition. ..."
5. Diseases of the heart and thoracic aorta by Byrom Bramwell (1884)
"In studying the diseases of the endocardium the following facts should be
remembered :— 1. That these affections are seldom primary. 2. ..."
6. The Practice of Medicine by Horatio Charles Wood, Reginald Heber Fitz (1897)
"Usually the valvular endocardium is especially involved, but the inflammatory
process may be limited to various parts of the parietal ..."
7. A Manual of Pathological Histology: To Serve as an Introduction to the Study by Evan Buchanan Baxter (1872)
"Attention has already been drawn to the fact that the endocardium, ... "We cannot
therefore be surprised to find that the endocardium is far more ..."
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