chorda umbilicalis


chorda

 [kor´dah] (pl. chor´dae) (L.) a cord or sinew. adj., adj chor´dal.chorda mag´na Achilles tendon.chor´dae tendi´neae tendinous cords connecting the two atrioventricular valves to the appropriate papillary muscles in the heart ventricles.Chordae tendineae of the posterior cusps of atrioventricular valves in a cross-section of the heart. From Dorland's, 2000.chorda tym´pani a nerve originating from the facial nerve, distributed to the submandibular, sublingual, and lingual glands and the anterior two-thirds of the tongue; it is a parasympathetic and special sensory nerve.chorda umbilica´lis umbilical cord.chorda voca´lis vocal cord.

um·bil·i·cal cord

the definitive connecting stalk between the embryo or fetus and the placenta; at birth it is primarily composed of mucoid connective tissue (Wharton jelly) in which the umbilical vessels are embedded. Synonym(s): chorda umbilicalis, funiculus umbilicalis, funis (1)