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Heart tendons (chordae tendineae)
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String-like structures that hold the heart valves, to avoid them from turning inside out when the ventricles pump blood out of the heart (Book 2, p.168)

連接瓣膜與心室內底部的結構,防止當血液泵出心臟時,瓣膜被推往心耳。

Related terms: bicuspid valve (二尖瓣), tricuspid valve (三尖瓣), semi-lunar valve (半月瓣)

Pronunciation in English (listen with default application).


 

 

 
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