parietal pericardium

1. 1.

   the tough outermost layer of the pericardium that is attached to the diaphragm and the sternum

   Broaderserous membrane

   Part ofpericardium

Questions about parietal pericardium

What does parietal pericardium mean?

parietal pericardium means "the tough outermost layer of the pericardium that is attached to the diaphragm and the sternum".

Is parietal pericardium a common word?

parietal pericardium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.