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Detailed dissection of heart

Basal surface of heart, epicardium intact

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Detailed dissection of heart
Basal surface of heart, epicardium intact
1 . Ascending aorta
2 . Branch right pulmonary artery
3 . Line of reflection of pericardium
4 . Pulmonary trunk
5 . Ligamentum arteriosum (cut off)
6 . Right pulmonary artery
7 . Left pulmonary artery
8 . Pericardial reflections at margins of oblique sinus (an intermediate line of reflection, indicated at lower pointer, subdivides the oblique sinus in this specimen)
9 . Left pulmonary veins
10 . Left atrium
11 . Fat in coronary sulcus
12 . Left ventricle
13 . Superior vena cava
14 . Right auricle
15 . Right pulmonary veins
16 . Right atrium
17 . Inferior vena cava
18 . Right ventricle
19 . Posterior interventricular sulcus