What muscles, present in the ventricles, anchor the atrioventricular valves by tendon-like chords called chordae tendineae?

A) pectinate muscles B) ligamentum arteriosum
C) trabeculae carneae D) papillary muscles


Answer: D

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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A) sebaceous glands. B) mucus. C) epithelia. D) epidermal layers. E) blood.

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