| venae cordis minimae | Numerous small valveless venous channels that open directly into the chambers of the heart from the capillary bed in the cardiac wall, enabling a form of collateral circulation unique to the heart. Synonym: smallest cardiac veins, thebesian veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ventriculus cordis | One of the two lower chambers of the heart. Synonym: ventriculus cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| margo dexter cordis | The border between the sternocostal and diaphragmatic surfaces of the heart; it is fairly well defined in fixed hearts but is rounded and indefinite in the living heart. Synonym: margo dexter cordis, right margin of heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertex cordis | The blunt extremity of the heart formed by the left ventricle. See: apex beat. Synonym: apex cordis, vertex cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars muscularis septi interventricularis cordis | The thick muscular portion which comprises most of the interventricular septum of the heart. Synonym: pars muscularis septi interventricularis cordis, septum musculare ventriculorum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vortex cordis | A spiral arrangement of muscular fibres at the apex of the heart. Synonym: vortex cordis, whorl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| membrana cordis | <anatomy> A double membranous sac which envelops and protects the heart. The layer in contact with the heart is referred to as the visceral layer, the outer layer in contact with surrounding organs is the parietal pericardium. In between the two layers is the pericardial space. (27 Sep 1997) |
| chorea cordis | Cardiac irregularity related to chorea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concretio cordis | Extensive adhesion between parietal and visceral layers of the pericardium with partial or complete obliteration of the pericardial cavity. Synonym: internal adhesive pericarditis, synechia pericardii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucro cordis | An obsolete term for apex of heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus coronarius cordis | The continuation of the cardiac plexus onto the coronary arteries. Synonym: plexus coronarius cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cordis | Of the heart. Origin: Gen. Of L. Cor, heart Diastasis cordis, any period of mechanical inactivity of the heart and particularly of the ventricles, usually appearing normally during slow heart rates when the ventricles complete their filling early and appear to be inactive. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crena cordis | A groove on the anterosuperior surface of the heart, marking the location of the septum between the two ventricles. Synonym: sulcus interventricularis anterior, crena cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scrobiculus cordis | Synonym: epigastric fossa. Origin: L. Pit or fossa of the heart (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus cordis | The apex beat of the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |