mesocardium

American

[mez-uh-kahr-dee-uhm, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-] / ˌmɛz əˈkɑr di əm, ˌmɛs-, ˌmi zə-, -sə- /

noun

Embryology.

the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

mesocardia

plural

Etymology

Origin of mesocardium

meso- + -cardium

Example Sentences

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A thin membrane, standing vertically in the middle plane, the mesocardium, connects the ventral wall of the head-gut with the lower head-wall.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

For a short time it is still connected with the former by the thin plate of the mesocardium.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

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