The fibrous skeleton of the heart is basically the “hard shell” of the heart, formed by the non-muscular connective tissue, consisting of collagen.

Cross-section showing all of the valves and the location of the anuli fibrosi cordis (Credit: OpenStax, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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