Where Is the Sternopericardial Ligaments Located?

sternopericardial ligaments: these are weak adhesion that are variably present that connect the anterior fibrous pericardium to the posterior surface of the upper and lower sternum.

What are sternopericardial ligaments?

The sternopericardial ligaments are inconsistent structures serving to tether the anterior surface of the pericardium to the sternum. There are two: superior sternopericardial ligaments; anterior surface of fibrous pericardium to superior, deep surface of body of sternum.

Are there ligaments in the heart?

A double-layered membrane called the pericardium surrounds your heart like a sac. The outer layer of the pericardium surrounds the roots of your heart's major blood vessels and is attached by ligaments to your spinal column, diaphragm, and other parts of your body.

Alexander Ross

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