ENDOCARDIUM (endocardia)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: endocardia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does endocardium mean? 

• ENDOCARDIUM (noun)
  The noun ENDOCARDIUM has 1 sense:

1. the membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves

  Familiarity information: ENDOCARDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOCARDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("endocardium" is a kind of...):

serosa; serous membrane (a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid)

 Context examples 

A coil designed to allow a Helifix pacing electrode to be placed in the endocardium.

(Helifix Coil Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the squamous cells forming the lining of blood and lymph vessels and the inner layer of the endocardium.

(Murine Endothelial Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

The striated muscle tissue of the heart enveloped by the epicardium and the endocardium.

(Myocardium, NCI Thesaurus)

The main type of cell forming the lining of blood and lymph vessels and the inner layer of the endocardium.

(Endothelial cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A disease characterized by fibrotic thickening of the endocardium, particularly the right and/or left inflow tracts.

(Endomyocardial Fibrosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A myxoma arising from the endocardium.

(Cardiac Myxoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare disorder characterized by diffuse thickening of the endocardium.

(Endocardial Fibroelastosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Within the endocardium, specific inductive events appear to activate NF-ATc: it is localized to the nucleus only in endocardial cells that are adjacent to the interface with the cardiac jelly and myocardium, which are thought to give the inductive stimulus to the valve primordia.

(NFAT Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Inflammation of the endocardium.

(Endocarditis, NCI Thesaurus)

Acute inflammation of the endocardium.

(Acute Endocarditis, NCI Thesaurus)