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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