Usually means: Attach chordae tendineae to valves.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (papillary muscle)

noun:  (anatomy) One of several muscles located in the ventricles of the heart and preventing the atrioventricular valves from prolapsing on systole.
▸ Also see papillary_muscle


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