GENERAL ANATOMY
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Question
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epicardium
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myocardium
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endocardium
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septum
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Detailed explanation-1: -Myocardium-the middle, muscular layer. Endocardium-the inner layer.
Detailed explanation-2: -The outer layer of the heart wall is the epicardium, the middle layer is the myocardium, and the inner layer is the endocardium.
Detailed explanation-3: -Myocardium. The middle layer of the heart wall is the myocardium-the muscle tissue of the heart and the thickest layer of the heart wall. It is composed of cardiac muscle cells, or cardiomyocytes.
Detailed explanation-4: -The wall of the heart separates into the following layers: epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium. These three layers of the heart are embryologically equivalent to the three layers of blood vessels: tunica adventitia, tunica media, and tunica intima, respectively.