Chorda

The Student's Medical Dictionary · 1896 · p. 191

(hor’-dah) [I-]. A cord, tendon, or a nerve-filament. C. dorsal is. See Notochord. C. tendinea, any one of the tendinous strings connecting the papillary muscles of the heart with the auriculoventricular valves. C. tympani. See Nerves^ Table of. 191