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When the visceral layer comes into contact with heart (not the great vessels) it is known as the epicardium. The epicardium is the layer immediately outside of the heart muscle proper (the myocardium). The epicardium is largely made of connective tissue and functions as a protective layer.he serous pericardium, in turn, is divided into two layers, the parietal pericardium, which is fused to and inseparable from the fibrous pericardium, and the visceral pericardium, which is part of the epicardium.
The percardium is the serous membrane lining the cavity. The pericardium is a continuous membrane but the part that attaches to the surface of the heart is the visceral pericardium (a.k.a. epicardium) and the part that lines the outer wall of the cavity is the parietal pericardium.