Term Name: papillary muscle of heart
Synonyms: musculus papillaris, papillary muscle, papillary muscle of ventricle, ventricular papillary muscle, ventricule papillary muscle
Definition: one of the group of myocardial bundles which terminate in the chordae tendineae that attach to the cusps of the atrioventricular valves; each ventricle has an anterior and a posterior papillary muscle; the right ventricle sometimes has a septal papillary muscle
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002494]

Relationships
is part of: cardiac ventricle
has parts: cardiac muscle tissue of papillary muscle
is a type of: mesoderm-derived structure organ part
has subtype: papillary muscle of left ventricle papillary muscle of right ventricle