pericardium

     

The pericarium is a double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessels.

Trivia about pericardium

  • The connective tissue sac enclosing the heart
  • The heart is completely enclosed in this membranous sac from the Greek for "surrounding the heart"
  • 11-letter word for the sac containing the heart
  • The myocardium, or heart muscle, is covered by this thin sac

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