Pericardium Pericardium

Fibrous pericardium and serous pericardium. The serous pericardium is made up of an outer parietal layer that is fused to the fibrous pericardium and an inner visceral layer (aka epicardium) that is a layer of the heart wall and adheres tightly to the heart.

There are three layers to the pericardium. They go in alphabetical order. The first layer is the Fibrous Pericardium. The second layer is the parietal pericardium and the third and innermost layer is the visceral layer.

The membrane that protects the heart is called the pericardium.

It has two layers:

- the visceral pericardium (the inner layer which touches the heart)

- the parietal pericardium (the outer layer which touches other organs)

Parietal Pericardium