chorda tendinea

 [kawr-duh ten-din-ee-uh]  

chor·da ten·din·e·a

   [kawr-duh ten-din-ee-uh]
noun, plural chor·dae ten·din·e·ae  [kawr-dee ten-din-ee-ee] . Anatomy.
any of the tendons extending from the papillary muscles to the atrioventricular valves and preventing the valves from moving into the atria during ventricular contraction.
Origin:
1800–10; < Neo-Latin: tendinous cord
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