PAPILLARY MUSCLES
\pˈapɪləɹi mˈʌsə͡lz], \pˈapɪləɹi mˈʌsəlz], \p_ˈa_p_ɪ_l_ə_ɹ_i m_ˈʌ_s_əl_z]\
Definitions of PAPILLARY MUSCLES
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Conical muscular projections from the walls of the cardiac ventricles, attached to the cusps of the atrioventricular valves by the chordae tendineae.
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See Musculi papillares.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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