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pericardium
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The combination of pericardial sac (a double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels) plus fibrous pericardium. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericardium ]
Term info
Label
pericardium
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
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external definition
Peritoneum that surrounds the heart.[AAO]
external ontology notes
In GO the concept of pericardium is developmental implicitly epithelial, but here it represents a multi-tissue structure encompassing the sac (epithelium plus connective) and cavity, this class denotes a combination of fibrous PC + PC sac (itself a combination of cavity, epithelium and connective tissue). Many sources use the term 'pericardium' to denote either just the serous membrane (ZFA) or the epithelium (GO), we follow FMA in dividing pericardium into pericardial sac and fibrous pericardium
has obo namespace
uberon
has relational adjective
pericardial
id
UBERON:0002407
Term relations
Subclass of:
- multi-tissue structure
- has part some pericardial sac
- surrounds some myocardium
- part of some heart plus pericardium
- has part some fibrous pericardium