Lane Medical Library

Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Dissection of pericardium and heart in situ

Interior of right atrium and right ventricle

Image #117-4

KEYWORDS: Heart, Pericardial sac, Right heart.

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Dissection of pericardium and heart in situ
Interior of right atrium and right ventricle
The latex cast has been removed from the specimen shown in the previous view.
1 . Brachiocephalic trunk
2 . Trachea
3 . Sino-atrial node
4 . Border of fossa ovalis
5 . Fossa ovalis
6 . Crista terminalis
7 . Valve of inferior vena cava
8 . Latex cast cut across at junction of vena cava inferior with vena caval sinus
9 . Right ventricle
10 . Inferior cardiac branch of vagus nerve
11 . Pulmonary trunk
12 . Anterior semilunar cusp, (cut across)
13 . Left semilunar cusp
14 . Right semilunar cusp (cut across) (11-13 make up the pulmonary valve)
15 . Supraventricular crest
16 . Septal (medial) cusp of tricuspid valve
17 . Latex cast in coronary sinus
18 . Anterior papillary muscle
19 . Posterior papillary muscle