The endocardium is an anatomical structure comprised of an endothelium and an extracellular matrix that forms the innermost layer of tissue of the heart, and lines the heart chambers[GO]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0003157 ]
Synonyms: heart endocardium endocardial tissue endocardial lining
Term information
- VHOG:0000084
- TAO:0001320
- MA:0000076
- ZFA:0001320
- EFO:0000821
- UMLS:C0014124 (ncithesaurus:Endocardium)
- EMAPA:32686
- BTO:0000387
- AAO:0010408
- SCTID:362013006
- EHDAA2:0004153
- MAT:0000455
- CALOHA:TS-2075
- XAO:0000066
- OpenCyc:Mx4rsWA75K1cEduAAADggVaqvw
- FMA:7280
- Wikipedia:Endocardium
- MESH:D004699
- EMAPA:17868
- galen:Endocardium
- EV:0100021
- NCIT:C13004
- GAID:550
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Part of the heart comprised of thin serous membrane, composed of endothelial tissue, that lines the interior of the heart.[AAO]
Layer that lines the lumen of the heart.[TAO]
Tunica intima which has as its parts the endothelium of endocardium and the fibroelastic connective tissue that surrounds the cavity of a cardiac chamber.
Term relations
- heart layer
- tunica intima
- mesoderm-derived structure
- has part some endocardial endothelium
- immediate transformation of some presumptive endocardium