COLUMNAE CARNEAE
\kˈɒləmnˌiː kˈɑːniː], \kˈɒləmnˌiː kˈɑːniː], \k_ˈɒ_l_ə_m_n_ˌiː k_ˈɑː_n_iː]\
Definitions of COLUMNAE CARNEAE
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Small, fleshy columns, which project, more or less, into the auricles and ventricles of the heart, whose use appears to be prevent too great dilatation of those cavities. A few of these columnae- see Musculi papillares- are attached by one extremity to the walls of the heart, and, by the other, give insertion to chordae tendineae. See Carneous columns. Columnae carneae of the Rectum, see Rectum- c. Papillares, see Columnae Carneae.
By Robley Dunglison
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