Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

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KEYWORDS: Heart, Left heart, Right heart.

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Detailed dissection of heart

Posterior surface of heart, epicardium intact

Right pulmonary vein
Right pulmonary artery
Left atrium (pointers terminate on pericardial reflections which form boundaries of oblique sinus of pericardial cavity)
Fragment of aorta preserved at attachment of ligamentum arteriosum
Ligamentum arteriosum
Left pulmonary artery
Left pulmonary vein
Pericardium (parietal side)
Coronary sinus
Left ventricle
Right auricle (interior, visible through right atrium)
Crista terminalis
Right atrium
Inferior vena cava
Coronary sulcus
Right ventricle
Middle cardiac vein (overlying posterior interventricular sulcus)