Fibrous trigone

Fibrous trigone

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Latin = trigonum fibrosum dextrum cordis, trigonum fibrosum sinistrum cordis, trigona fibrosa
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The left atrioventricular ring is closely connected, by its right margin, with the aortic arterial ring; between these and the right atrioventricular ring is a triangular mass of fibrous tissue, the fibrous trigone, which represents the os cordis seen in the heart of some of the larger animals, as the ox and elephant.

ee also

* Cardiac skeleton

External links

*, Dorlands|t_19|12823467 - "left fibrous trigone"
*, Dorlands|t_19|12823459 - "right fibrous trigone"
* [http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/curriculum/VM8054/Labs/Lab12a/Lab12a.htm Histology (see slide #96)]


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