Assertion: pericardium | /r/CapableOf | cover the heart
Facets:
value: in the chest cavity
type: LOCATION
value: from infection
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in the chest wall
type: LOCATION
value: from other sources of disease
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: like box
type: OTHER
value: by reducing external friction
type: MANNER
value: through its membranous function
type: MANNER
value: to avoid abrasion
type: PURPOSE
value: like a case
type: MANNER
value: within it
type: LOCATION
value: in place
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The pericardium is a tough double layered fibroelastic sac which covers the heart.
text: The pericardium is a thick, membranous, fluid-filled sac which encloses, protects, and nourishes the heart.
text: The pericardium (from the Greek περι, "around" and κάρδιον, "heart" /perikardion/) is a double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels.
text: The pericardium keeps the heart in a stable location in the mediastinum, facilitates its movements and separates it from other mediastinal structures and the lungs .
text: The pericardium is the serous membrane (covering membrane) which, in humans and other vertebrates, forms the wall of the pericardial cavity and holds the heart in place.
text: pericardium, fibrous a fibrous sac that attaches to the central tendon of the diaphragm and fuses with the adventitia of the great vessels superiorly fibrous pericardium contains the pericardial cavity and heart; it is lined on its inner surface by the parietal layer of serous pericardium; it defines the outermost boundary of the middle mediastinum
text: The pericardium secures the heart within it like a case or box to avoid abrasion from nearby tissues etc.
text: Second, through its membranous function, the pericardium shields the heart by reducing external friction and acting as a barrier against extension of infection and malignancy.
text: The pericardium is a tough double layered fibroelastic sac which covers the heart.
text: Pericardium is a tough double layered membrane which covers the heart.
text: Pericardium is the fibrous encase that covers the heart.
text: The pleura is the membrane that covers the lungs and the inner wall of the chest; the pericardium is the membrane that covers the heart; and the peritoneum is the membrane that covers most organs of the gastrointestinal tract and part of the abdominal cavity.
text: Thoracic serous membranes include the pleura, which covers the lungs, and the pericardium, which covers the heart.
text: the pericardium lines the pericardial cavity and covers the heart.
text: The pericardium covers the heart.
text: The pericardium is a fluid-filled sac that protects the heart.
text: The pericardium protects the heart from infection and other sources of disease and holds the heart in the chest wall.
text: It protects the heart and holds it in place, ensuring that it isn't affected by changes in blood pressure and that it can keep functioning even if a person receives a severe blow to the chest.
text: The pericardium is a powerful membrane that protects the heart and the major blood vessels leading into and out of it.
text: The outer layer of cells is called the epicardium, of which the second layer is a membranous layered structure called the pericardium that surrounds and protects the heart; it allows enough room for vigorous pumping but also keeps the heart in place to reduce friction between the heart and other structures.
text: Pericardiums protect the heart against infection.
text: The pericardium is a closed sac which occupies the central part of the thorax and contains the heart.
text: One of the purposes of the pericardium is it contains the heart in the chest cavity.
text: One of the purposes of the pericardium is it contains the heart in the chest cavity.
text: One of the purposes of the pericardium is it contains the heart in the chest cavity.
text: One of the purposes of the pericardium is it contains the heart in the chest cavity.
text: It also keeps the heart lubricated, so it can pump efficiently and smoothly, without it or the different layers of the pericardial sac catching on one another.
text: The pericardium keeps the heart contained in the chest cavity.
text: The pericardium protects the heart from infection and other sources of disease and holds the heart in the chest wall.