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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Detailed dissection of heart

Anterior surface of heart, epicardium intact

Image #119-1

KEYWORDS: Heart, Left heart, Right heart.

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Detailed dissection of heart
Anterior surface of heart, epicardium intact
This specimen, from a young woman, displays an abundance of fat in the epicardium.
1 . Right auricle
2 . Right atrium
3 . Fat covering coronary sulcus
4 . Right ventricle
5 . Right margin
6 . Notch at apex of heart
7 . Superior vena cava
8 . Aorta
9 . Pulmonary trunk
10 . Left auricle
11 . Conus arteriosus
12 . Anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery (covered by fat)
13 . Left ventricle
14 . Apex of heart