Papillary Muscles

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Small protrusions of the working myocardium which hold the Chordae tendineae and tighten the sail flaps shortly before the systole.

They are connected to the [flaps] of the heart by sinewy threads and keep the flaps closed when the pressure in the heart increases.

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