Cardiac skeleton (sometimes called "fibrous skeleton of the heart") refers to the structure of dense connective tissue in the heart that separates the atria from the ventricles. The heart is a muscular organ in all Vertebrates responsible for pumping Blood through the Blood vessels by repeated rhythmic In the Heart, a ventricle is a heart chamber which collects Blood from an atrium (another heart chamber that is smaller than a ventricle and

It is not a "true" skeleton, but it does provide structure and support for the heart, as well as isolating the electric charges that go through the heart. In Biology, the skeleton is a strong and often a rigid framework that supports the body of an animal holding it upright and giving it shape and strength (Also skeletal

See also

• Fibrous rings of heart
• Fibrous trigone

External links

• -1026555847 at GPnotebook
• Description at cwc.net
• Diagram of skeleton at vanderbilt.edu
• Another illustration at vanderbilt.edu
• Overview at vanderbilt.edu

The right and left fibrous rings of heart ( anulus fibrosus cordis) surround the Atrioventricular and arterial orifices and are stronger upon the left than on the The left atrioventricular ring is closely connected by its right margin with the aortic arterial ring between these and the right atrioventricular ring is a triangular mass of fibrous tissue the GPnotebook is a British medical database for General practitioners (GPs

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