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Heart Strings - Chordae tendineae

Heart Strings - Chordae tendineae

Situated inside the heart, these collagenous strands keep the valves of the heart from inverting under the high pressures of systole (heart contractions). In practice, this means that the direction of blood flow is controlled: blood only moves in one direction when the heart delivers a pump.

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