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chordae tendineae

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chordae tendineae.
chorda [kor´dah] (pl. chor´dae) (L.)
a cord or sinew. adj., adj chor´dal.
chorda mag´na Achilles tendon.
chor´dae tendi´neae tendinous cords connecting the two atrioventricular valves to the appropriate papillary muscles in the heart ventricles.
Chordae tendineae of the posterior cusps of atrioventricular valves in a cross-section of the heart. From Dorland's, 2000.
chorda tym´pani 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 umbilica´lis umbilical cord.
chorda voca´lis vocal cord.


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1) Rupture of mitral chordae tendineae may result in severe mitral regurgitation, and may cause pulmonary edema.
Histologically, the valve architecture is intact, with encasement of the leaflets and chordae tendineae by a stuck-on, plaquelike lesion made up of myofibroblasts in a myxoid extra-cellular matrix.
 
 
 
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