Body Fluids and CirculationHard
Question
Papillary muscles are associated with
Options
A.Ventricles
B.Auricles
C.Dorsal aorta
D.Chordaetendinae
Solution
-he papillary muscles are muscles located in the ventricles of the heart. They attach to the cusps of the atrioventricular valves(also known as the mitral and tricuspid valves) via the chordae tendineae and contract to prevent inversion or prolapse of these valves on systole (or ventricular contraction).[1]
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