It is also present in the mesothelium of the thoracic cavity and the parietal pericardium.
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One layer, called the visceral pericardium, adheres to the heart; the other layer, the parietal pericardium, encloses it.
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Embryos lacking " Osr1 " expression usually die before birth due to deformed atrioventricular junctions and hypoplastic venous valves; the ones that progress to term also have an incomplete parietal pericardium.
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Air between the anterior parietal pericardium and the thoracic cage may also give rise to the Hamman s Sign which is a crunching sound typically heard on auscultation of the chest, but may sometimes be heard even with the unaided ear.
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the tough outermost layer of the pericardium that is attached to the diaphragm and the sternum
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