Which features are described as prominent muscular ridges that extend along the inner surface of the right auricle and across the adjacent anterior wall of the right atrium?

A) chordae tendineae
B) foramina ovale
C) papillary muscles
D) pectinate muscles
E) trabeculae carneae


Ans: D) pectinate muscles

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