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Epicardium -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07) |
 | | Epicardium describes the outer layer of (The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body) heart tissue (from (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek; epi- outer, cardium heart). |
| | When considered as a part of the (A double-layered serous membrane that surrounds the heart) pericardium, it is the inner layer, or visceral pericardium. |
| | The visceral pericardium apparently produces the pericardial fluid, which lubricates motion between the inner and outer layers of the (A double-layered serous membrane that surrounds the heart) pericardium. |
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