Pericardium ↔ Diaphragm

Visceral Continuum — Core

Strong evidence — direct fascial attachment

Fibrous pericardium → pericardiophrenic ligament → central tendon of diaphragm

Structures

  1. 1
    Fibrous pericardiumthorax
    →
  2. 2
    Lig. pericardiacophrenicumlateral
    →
  3. 3
    Central tendon of diaphragmthoracoabdominal junction
    →

Muscle references

Diaphragm
ⓘ

Direct anatomical attachment via the pericardiophrenic ligament, relevant to respiratory-cardiac mechanical coupling in visceral osteopathy.

Sources

Gray's Anatomy — Pericardium chapter

Standring S. (ed.) — standard anatomical reference text