heart coverings and heart layers

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pericardium

encloses the heart and ends of vessels attached

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visceral

covers heart

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parietal

lines pericardium

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pericardial

space between parietal and visceral pericardium. serous fluid to reduce friction.

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epicardium

outer, visceral pericardium, protects heart by reducing friction

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myocardium

middle, consists of cardiac muscle tissue that pumps blood out of heart chambers, lots of vessels

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endocardium

inner, epithelium and connective tissue, vessels and purkinjie fibers which help conduct cardiac impulses