Uberon definition : The tendinous strands that connect the papillary muscles on the wall of the ventricles
to the leaflets of the atrioventricular valves; the chordae tendineae serve to prevent
the AV valves from prolapsing back into the atria;
The tendinous strands that connect the papillary muscles on the wall of the ventricles
to the leaflets of the atrioventricular valves; the chordae tendineae serve to prevent
the AV valves from prolapsing back into the atria