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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Detailed dissection of heart

Coronary vessels, posterior view

Image #119-6

KEYWORDS: Heart, Left heart, Right heart.

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Detailed dissection of heart
Coronary vessels, posterior view
The specimen shown in the previous view has been dissected to demonstrate the distribution of the coronary arteries and cardiac veins on the posteroinferior aspect of the heart.
  1. Fragment of aorta at point of attachment of ligamentum arteriosum
  2. Left pulmonary artery
  3. Left auricle
  4. Left pulmonary veins (superior vein partially hidden)
  5. Left oblique atrial vein
  6. Ventricular branches of circumflex branch of left coronary artery
  7. Great cardiac vein
  8. Coronary sinus (covered by thin layer of muscle continuous with atrial myocardium)
  9. Left ventricle
  10. Right pulmonary artery
  11. Pericardial reflection at margin of oblique sinus
  12. Left atrium
  13. Right pulmonary veins
  14. Atrial branch of left coronary artery
  15. Right atrium
  16. Inferior vena cava
  17. Right coronary artery (in coronary sulcus)
  18. Margin of dissected. area
  19. Right ventricle
  20. Middle cardiac vein (in posterior interventricular sulcus)
  21. Posterior interventricular branch of right coronary artery