chorda /chor·da/ (kor´dah) pl. chor´dae [L.] a cord or sinew.chor´dal
chorda tympani,
chorda dorsa´lis notochord.
chorda mag´na Achilles tendon.
chor´dae tendi´neae cor´dis tendinous cords connecting the two atrioventricular valves to the appropriate papillary muscles in the heart ventricles.
chorda tym´pani a nerve originating from the intermediate nerve, distributed to the submandibular, sublingual, and lingual glands and anterior two thirds of the tongue; it is a parasympathetic and special sensory nerve.
chorda tympani,
a branch of the facial nerve that carries taste from the anterior two thirds of the tongue and parasympathetic innervation to all salivary glands below the level of the oral fissure.
chorda
pl. chordae [L.] a cord or sinew.
chorda magna
Achilles tendon.
chorda tendineae
tendinous cords connecting the two atrioventricular valves to the appropriate papillary muscles in the heart ventricles.
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Ruptured chorda tendineae in a horse heart at necropsy. By permission from Knottenbelt DC, Pascoe RR, Diseases and Disorders of the Horse, Saunders, 2003
chorda tendineae rupture
causes acute, massive, cardiac insufficiency leading to congestive heart failure and an early death; called also detachment.
chorda tympani
a nerve originating from the facial nerve, distributed to the submandibular, sublingual and lingual glands and the anterior two-thirds of the tongue; it is a parasympathetic and special sensory nerve.
chorda umbilicalis
umbilical cord.
chorda vocalis
vocal cord.
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