Pericardium - Pericardium

Japanese: 胸囲心膜 - きょういしんまく
Pericardium - Pericardium

…This partition is generally called the transverse septum, and the space that it separates and contains the heart is called the pericardial cavity. In amphibians and reptiles, in connection with the development of the lungs, a new partition called the perithoracic pericardium develops from part of the transverse septum, and it comes to separate the pericardial cavity from the abdominal cavity. The entire partition is called the oblique septum, and birds have a similar structure. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention the "perithoracic pericardium" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この隔壁を一般に横中隔といい,これによって隔てられた,心臓をいれた空間を囲心腔という。両生類・爬虫類では肺の発達と関連して,胸囲心膜とよばれる新しい隔壁が横中隔の一部から発達し,囲心腔と腹腔とを境するようになる。このような隔壁の全体が斜中隔とよばれ,鳥類もほぼ同様の構造をもっている。…

※「胸囲心膜」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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