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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Detailed dissection of heart

Basal surface of heart, epicardium intact

Image #120-1

KEYWORDS: Heart, Left heart, Right heart.

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Detailed dissection of heart
Basal surface of heart, epicardium intact
  1. Ascending aorta
  2. Branch right pulmonary artery
  3. Line of reflection of pericardium
  4. Pulmonary trunk
  5. Ligamentum arteriosum (cut off)
  6. Right pulmonary artery
  7. Left pulmonary artery
  8. Pericardial reflections at margins of oblique sinus (an intermediate line of reflection, indicated at lower pointer, subdivides the oblique sinus in this specimen)
  9. Left pulmonary veins
  10. Left atrium
  11. Fat in coronary sulcus
  12. Left ventricle
  13. Superior vena cava
  14. Right auricle
  15. Right pulmonary veins
  16. Right atrium
  17. Inferior vena cava
  18. Right ventricle
  19. Posterior interventricular sulcus