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Image #118-3
Dissection of pericardium and heart in situ
Interior of left ventricle.
The latex cast within the left ventricle has been partially removed to expose the anterior cusp of the mitral valve together with its chordae tendineae and related papillary muscles.
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Superior vena cava
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Ascending aorta
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Aortic valve (pointer on left semilunar cusp)
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Membranous part interventricular septum
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Right atrium (pointer indicates area of sinus venarum cavarum)