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pericardium

double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q193302
pericardium
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Summary

pericardium is a class of anatomical entity[1]. pericardium draws 2,381 Wikipedia views per month (class of anatomical entity category, ranking #154 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: organ cluster[3], particular anatomical entity[4]
  • Commons category: Pericardium[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pericardium[6]
  • Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[7]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C13005[8]
  • Arterial supply: pericardiacophrenic artery[9]

Why It Matters

pericardium has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] pericardium is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arterial supply → pericardiacophrenic artery
    Instance of → class of anatomical entity
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2331290
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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