1.(Anatomy) another name forserous membrane 2.(Zoology) one of the thin membranes surrounding the embryo in an insect's egg [C19: from New Latin, fromserōsusrelating to serum] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, ...
The epicardium is continuous with the myocardium and consists of connective tissue. The epicardial surface is covered with mesothelium. At the base of the heart the epicardium turns upward and becomes the pericardial sac, or pericardium. The slitlike cavity between the epicardium and pericardium con...
In the zebrafish heart, when 20% of the myocardium is removed, new cells differentiate from cardiac progenitor cells in a process determined by the epicardium, which appears to recapitulate many elements of embryonic cardiac development [43]. Similarly, zebrafish have also been shown to exhibit ...
Directed differentiation protocols yielding high-purity chamber-specific cardiomyocytes with appropriate naturalistic characteristics need to be developed to reap the full clinical potential of hPSC-CMs for cell therapy after heart failure [126,127]. 8.3. Immunogenicity Immune rejection is another major ...
What is the name of where the heart is located (area between the lungs)? Cavities in the Human Body: The human body is divided into several cavities that help to describe the location and function of the structures located in them. The two main cavities are called the ventral...
Superficial Epicardium: This layer is the most external to the heart. It is the visceral layer of the pericardial sac, which constitutes the innermost layer of the serous pericardium. An exterior layer of flat mesothelial cells forms this epicardium, with a layer of adipose and connective tissue...
The pericardium is the natural covering of the heart, which consists of two layers. Inner visceral, which is thin and connects the epicardium of the heart, and outer, which is thicker and fibrous. The thickness of the healthy pericardium is 1-2 mm, and between the two layers, there is ...
B. Epicardium, myocardium, endocardium. C. Endocardium only. D. Visceral pericardium and parietal pericardium. What is another name for the cardiac sphincter? Identify and name the following: It drains blood from the myocardium into the right atrium. Identify the structure from the following ...
(A) Epicardium exhibits a focus with lymphocytic infiltrate indicative of lymphocytic pericarditis. (B) Myocardium is edematous as manifest as separation of the cardiomyocytes (CMC) and capillaries. The CMC in the center shows vacuolar degenerative change (star). No inflammatory cells are present. (...
very spacious sac containing only unstained liquid (primary urine) and lying anteriorly to the heart; the pericardial wall embeds the conical ventricle in its posteroventral side with the area that touches the ventricle forming a vacuolated epicardium (Fig.2G), presumably the site of ...