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"scope_statement": "This model owns the pericardium as an anatomical covering of the heart, including its fibrous and serous components, enclosed cavity, attachments, and local condition; species and individual anatomy must be recorded explicitly.", "in_scope": [ "Fibrous pericardium and the parietal and visceral layers of serous pericardium", "Pericardial cavity, fluid, and recesses", "Reflections around the great vessels and attachments to surrounding structures", "Mechanical interaction with cardiac motion and filling", "Local integrity, inflammation, thickening, adhesions, and fluid accumulation", "Evidence describing native, altered, repaired, or partially absent pericardium" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Myocardial structure, contraction, and intrinsic heart disease", "Endocardium, cardiac valves, and intracardiac blood flow", "Pleura, lungs, and the mediastinum beyond their interfaces with the pericardium", "Systemic causes of pericardial abnormalities as independent diseases", "Clinical treatment protocols and procedural competence", "Harvested pericardial materials and manufactured implants as independent products" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Identify a covering and sac related to the heart and great-vessel roots, rather than the pleural sacs associated with the lungs.", "Distinguish the fibrous outer component from the parietal and visceral serous layers rather than treating every visible boundary as equivalent.", "Locate the pericardial cavity between the parietal and visceral serous layers, rather than within a cardiac chamber.", "Recognise the visceral serous layer as epicardium while distinguishing it from the underlying myocardium.", "Require an anatomical relationship to pericardial layers or cavity before classifying adjacent fluid, fat, or a mass as pericardial." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Biological and specimen context", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Organism, species, life stage, individual or specimen identifier", 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"unit_or_values": "Measured separation in mm or estimated volume in mL, with method, location, posture, and cardiac phase where relevant", "why_it_matters": "Makes fluid observations comparable while keeping directly measured dimensions distinct from volume estimates." }, { "name": "Fluid distribution", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "No visible collection; circumferential; localised; loculated; indeterminate", "why_it_matters": "Distribution affects interpretation and the relationship between a collection and adjacent cardiac structures." }, { "name": "Tissue and surface condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed thickening, calcification, adhesions, inflammatory changes, or disruption; absent; present; indeterminate for each", "why_it_matters": "Records distinct abnormalities without collapsing them into a single diagnostic label." }, { "name": "Effect on cardiac filling", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "No demonstrated impairment; suspected impairment; demonstrated impairment; not assessed, with supporting evidence", "why_it_matters": "Separates anatomical appearance from evidence of functional consequence." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify and annotate pericardial components, reflections, and adjacent anatomical boundaries.", "Compare tissue thickness, fluid distribution, and continuity across dated observations.", "Relate pericardial abnormalities to independently recorded evidence of impaired cardiac filling.", "Flag uncertain localisation or conflicting observations for expert review.", "Record the location, purpose, and anatomical consequences of drainage, sampling, resection, or reconstruction.", "Determine which additional observations are needed before judging a pericardial change or proposed intervention." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "pericardial-anatomy", "name": "Pericardial anatomy", "description": "Defines the components, spaces, and anatomical interfaces that identify the pericardium.", "rationale": "An agent must distinguish the sac, its layers, and neighbouring structures before assigning observations.", "layers": [ { "id": "fibrous-and-serous-components", "name": "Fibrous and serous components", "description": "Separates the fibrous covering from the two serous layers and their relationship to the heart wall.", "findings": [ { "id": "component-and-heart-wall-boundary", "name": "Component and heart-wall boundary", "description": "Record which pericardial component is identified and how its boundary with epicardium or myocardium is represented.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which fibrous or serous component does the observation describe, and what evidence identifies it?", "kind": "definition", "id": "component-and-heart-wall-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Where does this model's visceral pericardial coverage meet the heart model's epicardial and myocardial coverage?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "component-and-heart-wall-boundary-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "cavity-reflections-and-attachments", "name": "Cavity, reflections, and attachments", "description": "Records the enclosed space and the anatomical connections that establish its topology.", "findings": [ { "id": "pericardial-space-topology", "name": "Pericardial space topology", "description": "Locate cavity regions, sinuses or recesses, great-vessel reflections, and attachments using species-appropriate anatomy.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which cavity region, sinus, recess, or vessel reflection is involved, and how was it localised?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "pericardial-space-topology-q01" }, { "text": "Which attachments are documented in this organism, and are they intact, altered, or unassessed?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "pericardial-space-topology-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "pericardial-mechanics", "name": "Pericardial mechanics", "description": "Connects fluid, surface movement, and tissue constraint to cardiac motion and filling.", "rationale": "The importance of a 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the enclosing tissues and cavity contents to evidence of cardiac filling restriction.", "findings": [ { "id": "functional-effect-of-pericardial-change", "name": "Functional effect of pericardial change", "description": "Keep fluid quantity, tissue appearance, rate of change, and demonstrated physiological effects as distinct observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "What observations demonstrate or argue against impaired cardiac filling associated with the pericardium?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "functional-effect-of-pericardial-change-q01" }, { "text": "What is known about the timing of fluid accumulation or tissue change, and how reliable is that history?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "functional-effect-of-pericardial-change-q02" }, { "text": "Which functional conclusions require corroborating cardiac or haemodynamic evidence beyond this anatomical model?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "functional-effect-of-pericardial-change-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": 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"provenance", "id": "origin-and-extent-of-pericardial-defect-q02" }, { "text": "Where does native pericardial tissue end and any implanted reconstruction material begin?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "origin-and-extent-of-pericardial-defect-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "pericardial-evidence-and-intervention", "name": "Pericardial evidence and intervention", "description": "Preserves observation limits and the evidence needed to interpret or act on pericardial findings.", "rationale": "Measurements from different methods are not automatically interchangeable, and intervention depends on more than anatomy alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "observation-quality-and-comparison", "name": "Observation quality and comparison", "description": "Makes pericardial measurements traceable and longitudinal comparisons interpretable.", "findings": [ { "id": "localised-and-qualified-observation", "name": "Localised and qualified observation", "description": "Attach method, date, anatomical location, 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are recorded in.", "questions": [ { "id": "measurable-dimensions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the dimensions of a pericardium, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "measurable-dimensions-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the dimensions of a pericardium, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "measurable-dimensions-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the dimensions of a pericardium is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "material-and-composition", "name": "Material and composition", "description": "Materials, parts and how they are put together.", "findings": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials", "name": "Parts and materials", "description": "What a pericardium is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a pericardium, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "parts-and-materials-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the composition of a pericardium, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "parts-and-materials-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the composition of a pericardium is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-integrity", "name": "Condition and integrity", "description": "Wear, damage, health and the difference between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-assessment", "name": "Condition, damage and health", "description": "How the condition of a pericardium is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a pericardium, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the condition of a pericardium, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the condition of a pericardium is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "place-and-movement", "name": "Place and movement", "description": "Where a pericardium is, how it got there and where it may go (varies).", "rationale": "A thing that can move needs its position recorded with a time, or every later claim about it is about a place it has left.", "layers": [ { "id": "location-and-placement", "name": "Location and placement", "description": "Position, containment and the reference frame the position is given in.", "findings": [ { "id": "position-and-frame", "name": "Position, container and reference frame", "description": "Where a pericardium is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a pericardium, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the location of a pericardium, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the location of a pericardium is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "movement-and-transfer", "name": "Movement and transfer", "description": "How a pericardium is carried, installed or relocated.", "findings": [ { "id": "movement-events", "name": "Movement events and constraints", "description": "What counts as a movement, what records it and what limits it.", "questions": [ { "id": "movement-events-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the movement of a pericardium, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "movement-events-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the movement of a pericardium, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "movement-events-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the movement of a pericardium is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "state-and-lifecycle", "name": "State and lifecycle", "description": "The states a pericardium passes through and the events that move it between them.", "rationale": "Most decisions about a thing depend on what state it is in now, which is a claim with a time on it, not a property.", "layers": [ { "id": "lifecycle-stages", "name": "Lifecycle stages", "description": "From coming into existence to ceasing to be one of these.", "findings": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions", "name": "Stages and transitions", "description": "The stages worth naming and what moves a pericardium between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a pericardium, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the lifecycle of a pericardium, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the lifecycle of a pericardium is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "observations-and-status", "name": "Observations and current status", "description": "What is observed about a pericardium, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a pericardium is recorded so that it can be superseded rather than overwritten.", "questions": [ { "id": "observation-record-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes an observation of a pericardium, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "observation-record-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about an observation of a pericardium, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "observation-record-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an observation of a pericardium is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What pericardium is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does pericardium perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise pericardium, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How pericardium is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does pericardium have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does pericardium need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about pericardium is about the kind, a product line, or one physical unit.", "rationale": "This is the boundary most often got wrong for made things, and getting it wrong mixes a catalogue entry with the machine in the yard.", "layers": [ { "id": "level-of-reference", "name": "Level of reference", "description": "The three levels and what belongs at each.", "findings": [ { "id": "level-rules", "name": "What belongs to kind, model and unit", "description": "Which properties are shared by all of them and which are not.", "questions": [ { "id": "level-rules-q01", "text": "Which facts about pericardium hold for every one of them, which for a model, and which only for one unit?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "level-rules-q02", "text": "What identifies an individual unit, and what should an agent do when it has only the kind?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standards-and-conformity", "name": "Standards and conformity", "description": "The standards a working example must meet and who attests it.", "findings": [ { "id": "conformity", "name": "Standards, marks and attestation", "description": "Which standard applies, who certifies, and what the mark means.", "questions": [ { "id": "conformity-q01", "text": "Which standards govern pericardium, issued by whom, and what does conformity actually assert?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "conformity-q02", "text": "What may an agent conclude from a certification mark, and what may it not?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a pericardium came from and when it held.", "rationale": "A claim without a source and a time cannot be superseded, only overwritten, and an agent that overwrites loses the ability to explain itself.", "layers": [ { "id": "source-and-authority", "name": "Source and authority", "description": "Who said it, on what evidence, and how strongly.", "findings": [ { "id": "claim-provenance", "name": "Claim provenance and confidence", "description": "The authority behind each claim about a pericardium and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a pericardium, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "claim-provenance-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about a claim about a pericardium, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "claim-provenance-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once a claim about a pericardium is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "time-and-versions", "name": "Time, versions and supersession", "description": "When a claim was true, when it was learnt, and what replaced it.", "findings": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession", "name": "Validity period and supersession", "description": "How an old claim about a pericardium is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a pericardium, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the validity of a claim about a pericardium, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the validity of a claim about a pericardium is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, "layers": 17, "findings": 19, "questions": 51 } } } }