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Definition of Papillary muscle
1. Noun. Any of several muscles associated with the atrioventricular valves. "The papillary muscles contract during systole to prevent regurgitation of blood into the atria"
Medical Definition of Papillary muscle
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Literary usage of Papillary muscle
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1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1899)
"papillary muscle and attached fully one-half of an inch from the aortic cusp upon
its ventricular surface, and somewhat to the left of the median line. ..."
2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"wall of the left ventricle forwards till the base of a large papillary muscle
which springs from its internal surface is exposed ; carry the incision ..."
3. Kirkes' Handbook of Physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes, Charles Wilson Greene (1922)
"C, Anterior papillary muscle. (After MacCallum.) FIG. 140.—Diagram of the Course of
... A, Posterior papillary muscle; B, papillary muscle of the septum. ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"... arteriosus pass to the anterior papillary muscle, those from the lower half
to the posterior papillary muscle and the papillary muscles of the septum. ..."
5. A System of medicine v. 2, 1868 by John Russell Reynolds (1877)
"F, anterior • i;'ill»rY muscle ; c, superior papillary muscle ; II », inferior
papillary muscles ; • tab-segment occupying the angle ..."
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