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Definition

noun

A muscular ridge of heart tissue crossing the ventricular cavity from the interventricular septum to the base of the papillary muscles of the right ventricle.

Supplement

Reil's band is one of the trabeculae carneae projecting from the inner wall of the right ventricle of the heart.

Synonyms:

• trabecula septomarginalis or septomarginal trabecula
• moderator band

See also: trabeculae carneae