ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your pericardium is a protective, fluid-filled sac that surrounds your heart and helps it function properly. Your pericardium also covers the roots of your major blood vessels as they extend from your heart. These are known as your “great vessels, ” and they include your: Aorta.

Detailed explanation-2: -The pericardium is a membrane, or sac, that surrounds your heart. It holds the heart in place and helps it work properly. Problems with the pericardium include: Pericarditis-an inflammation of the sac.

Detailed explanation-3: -A fibrous sac called the pericardium surrounds the heart. This sac has two thin layers with fluid between them. This fluid reduces friction as the two layers rub against each other when the heart beats.

Detailed explanation-4: -The pericardium is a fibrous sac that encloses the heart and great vessels. It keeps the heart in a stable location in the mediastinum, facilitates its movements, and separates it from the lungs and other mediastinal structures. It also supports physiological cardiac function.[1][2][3]