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pleuropericardial fold (medicine)


pleuropericardial fold


A tissue fold jutting into the right or left embryonic pericardioperitoneal canal; it separates the developing pericardium from the pleural cavity and is formed by the growth of the common cardinal veins to the midline of the body.

Synonym: pericardiopleural membrane, pleuropericardial membrane.