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epicardium

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002348

A region of the serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Synonyms: visceral serous pericardium of heart, visceral serous pericardium proper, heart epicardium

Term info

database cross reference
  • galen:Epicardium
  • EHDAA2:0002202
  • VHOG:0000119
  • UMLS:C0225968 (ncithesaurus:Epicardium)
  • Wikipedia:Epicardium
  • TAO:0005057
  • XAO:0000316
  • FMA:9461
  • ZFA:0005057
  • AAO:0010409
  • NCIT:C13164
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000001

External layer of the heart.[TAO], The inner layer of the pericardium that is in contact with the surface of the heart.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000009

The visceral pericardium apparently produces the pericardial fluid, which lubricates motion between the inner and outer layers of the pericardium. During ventricular contraction, the wave of depolarization moves from endocardial to epicardial surface. [Wikipedia:Epicardium]

editor note

TODO - check links with UBERON:0002425 visceral serous pericardium. develops from proepicardium. WP:Epicardium -- When considered as a part of the pericardium, it is the inner layer, or visceral pericardium, continuous with the serous layer.

has related synonym

pericardium visceral mesothelium

id

UBERON:0002348

prefLabel

Epicardium

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606