11078 IUPAC Gold Book - pericardium 10.1351/goldbook.11078 11078 current 1 Serous membranous sac that surrounds the heart, consisting of an inner visceral layer (the epicardium), and an outer parietal pericardium that is attached to the sternum and diaphragm. Serous https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11207 diaphragm https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10604 epicardium https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10665 membranous https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11555 parietal https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11072 visceral https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11374 PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 791 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-1202) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11078/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11078/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11078/plain Citation: 'pericardium' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11078 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-05-09T23:25:51+00:00