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What might be the significance of nonfuctional or defective chordae tendinae?
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Failure of valve closure
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Where is the Chordae tendinae situated?
The chordae tendinae is situated in the heart. They control the valves which pumps blood through the heart
What are heart strings?
Heart strings (scientific name chordae tendinae) are located in the heart. They are believed to brace and support the heart.
What are the fibrous structures that prevent the cuspid valve from prolapsing?
Chordae tendineae
What is the muscle that attached to chordae tendinae?
papillary muscles
Are the chordae tendinae and papillary muscles in a pig's heart?
yes
What tissue makes up the chordae tendinae?
The chordae tendinae are composed of dense connective tissue called collagen. This collagen tissue provides strength and stability to the chordae tendinae, which are fibrous cords that connect the valves of the heart to the papillary muscles in the ventricles.
What are the ropelike structures at the base of the tricuspid and aortic valves?
the cordae tendinae are what anchor the atrioventricular valves to the heart
Chordae tendinae left ventricle damage?
Chordae tendinae left ventricle damage may result in severe consequences. These include Mitral valve prolapses, mitral regurgitation, bicuspid prolapse and bicuspid regurgitation.
What are equiped with the chordae tendinea and papillary muscles?
The heart valves are attached to the chordae tendinae and papillary muscles which function to open the valves.
Where are heart strings found?
They are known, medically, as the chordae tendinae, and they are found in the heart.
What happens if the chordae tendinae is damaged?
Regurgitation of blood during systole, causing murmurs.
What are the fibrous threads connecting the AV valves to muscles in the heart wall?
Chordae Tendinae
