Pectinate muscles

Pectinate muscles
Section of the heart showing the ventricular septum. (Pectinate muscles labeled at center left.)
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Identifiers
Latinmusculi pectinati atrii dextri,
musculi pectinati atrii sinistri
FMA12226
Anatomical terminology

The pectinate muscles (musculi pectinati) are parallel muscular ridges in the walls of the atria of the heart.