A region of the serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: visceral serous pericardium of heart visceral serous pericardium proper heart epicardium
Term information
- TAO:0005057
- ZFA:0005057
- AAO:0010409
- galen:Epicardium
- Wikipedia:Epicardium
- EHDAA2:0002202
- XAO:0000316
- NCIT:C13164
- FMA:9461
- VHOG:0000119
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
EDITOR_NOTE TODO - check links with UBERON:0002425 visceral serous pericardium. develops from proepicardium. WP:Epicardium -- When considered as a part of the pericardium, it is the inner layer, or visceral pericardium, continuous with the serous layer.
Term relations
- multi-tissue structure
- mesoderm-derived structure
- attached to some myocardium
- part of some heart
- part of some visceral serous pericardium
- develops from some proepicardium