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Dissection of pericardium and heart in situ

Heart exposed within pericardial activity

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Image #116-7
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Dissection of pericardium and heart in situ
Heart exposed within pericardial activity
The anterior wall of the pericardial sac has been incised and the cut edges have been reflected. The epicardium remains intact.
  1. Thymus
  2. Superior vena cava
  3. Pericardium (reflected flaps)
  4. Right auricle
  5. Right ventricle
  6. Diaphragm
  7. Right margin of heart
  8. Fatty lobule
  9. Upper lobe left lung
  10. Conus arteriosus
  11. Mediastinal pleura
  12. Left ventricle
  13. Anterior interventricular sulcus
  14. Arcuate margin of heart
  15. Pericardial cavity