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Pericardium

"Pericardium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A conical fibro-serous sac surrounding the HEART and the roots of the great vessels (AORTA; VENAE CAVAE; PULMONARY ARTERY). Pericardium consists of two sacs, the outer fibrous pericardium and the inner serous pericardium. The latter consists of an outer parietal layer facing the fibrous pericardium, and an inner visceral layer (epicardium) resting next to the heart, and a pericardial cavity between these two layers.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pericardium" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Pericardium" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 359 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 25 publications in 2018
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