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

Basal surface of heart, epicardium intact

Ascending aorta
Branch right pulmonary artery
Line of reflection of pericardium
Pulmonary trunk
Ligamentum arteriosum (cut off)
Right pulmonary artery
Left pulmonary artery
Pericardial reflections at margins of oblique sinus (an intermediate line of reflection, indicated at lower pointer, subdivides the oblique sinus in this specimen)
Left pulmonary veins
Left atrium
Fat in coronary sulcus
Left ventricle
Superior vena cava
Right auricle
Right pulmonary veins
Right atrium
Inferior vena cava
Right ventricle
Posterior interventricular sulcus