fibrous ring of heart (right & left); coronary tendon; lower ring
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Introduction
Two fibrous rings that surround atrioventricular orifices.
Function
- provide attachment for the atrioventricular valve leaflets & maintain patency of the orifices
- provide origin & insertion for the myocardium .
More general terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.