APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

ANATOMY

CHEST AND CARDIOVASCULAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This is the thick muscular layer of the heart
A
Pericardium
B
Endocardium
C
Myocardium
D
Epicardium
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The muscle layer of the heart is termed the myocardium and is made up of cardiomyocytes. The myocardium is found in the walls of all four chambers of the heart, though it is thicker in the ventricles and thinner in the atria.

Detailed explanation-2: -The thickest layer of the myocardium is found on the heart’s ventricles, mainly on the left ventricle, since it must drive blood out in the circulation system vessels.

Detailed explanation-3: -The myocardium is thickest in the left ventricle, as this chamber must create substantial pressure to pump blood into the aorta and throughout systemic circulation.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the centimeter scale, tissue engineering aims for compact constructs of a thickness comparable to that of the human myocardium ( 1.5 cm).

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