Double-walled sac containing the heart and roots of the great vessels
For the Traditional Chinese medicine description, see Pericardium (Chinese medicine).
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Pericardium
Walls of the heart, showing pericardium at right.
Cutaway illustration of pericardial sac
Details
Location
A sac around the heart
Artery
Pericardiacophrenic artery
Nerve
Phrenic nerve
Identifiers
Latin
pericardium
Greek
περίκάρδιον
MeSH
D010496
TA98
A12.1.08.001 A12.1.08.002 A12.1.08.005
TA2
3341
FMA
9869
Anatomical terminology
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The pericardium (pl.: pericardia), also called pericardial sac, is a double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels.[1] It has two layers, an outer layer made of strong inelastic connective tissue (fibrous pericardium), and an inner layer made of serous membrane (serous pericardium).[2][3] It encloses the pericardial cavity, which contains pericardial fluid,[2] and defines the middle mediastinum. It separates the heart from interference of other structures, protects it against infection and blunt trauma, and lubricates the heart's movements.
The English name originates from the Ancient Greek prefix peri- (περί) 'around' and the suffix -cardion (κάρδιον) 'heart'.
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^Mou, Steven S.; McCrory, Michael C. (2019-01-01), Ungerleider, Ross M.; Meliones, Jon N.; Nelson McMillan, Kristen; Cooper, David S. (eds.), "28 - Inflammatory Heart Disease: Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade, Pericarditis, and Myocarditis", Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children (Third Edition), Philadelphia: Elsevier, pp. 351–364.e5, doi:10.1016/b978-1-4557-0760-7.00028-0, ISBN 978-1-4557-0760-7, S2CID 80814860, retrieved 2020-11-17
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serous fluid secreted by the serous layer of the pericardium into the pericardial cavity. The pericardium consists of two layers, an outer fibrous layer...
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the heart, the pericardium) usually lasting less than 6 weeks.[citation needed] It is the most common condition affecting the pericardium. Chest pain is...
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part or most of the pericardium. This operation is most commonly used to relieve constrictive pericarditis, or to remove a pericardium that is calcified...
the middle. Also, the superior sternopericardial ligament attaches the pericardium to the posterior side of the manubrium. The body, or gladiolus, is the...
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surrounded by a small amount of fluid enclosed by a fibrous sac called the pericardium. The endocardium, which is primarily made up of endothelial cells, controls...
above, and - extending down into the thorax - blends with the fibrous pericardium below. It encloses the thyroid gland and parathyroid glands, trachea...
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