Detailed dissection of heart

Basal surface of heart, epicardium intact

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Image #120-1

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