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Dissection of pericardium and heart in situ

Interior of left atrium and left ventricle.

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Image #118-5
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Dissection of pericardium and heart in situ
Interior of left atrium and left ventricle.
The latex cast has been cut away to display the cavity of the left atrium and the posterior cusp of the mitral valve with its associated chordae tendineae.
  1. Superior vena cava
  2. Ascending aorta
  3. Transverse pericardial sinus (indicated on drawing by double pointed arrow)
  4. Wall of left atrium (cut)
  5. Fossa ovalis
  6. Latex cast in coronary sinus
  7. Valve of inferior vena cava
  8. Right ventricle
  9. Pulmonary trunk
  10. Red latex cast in left auricle
  11. Latex cast protruding from left pulmonary veins
  12. Left atrium
  13. Pericardium
  14. Posterior cusp of mitral valve
  15. Chordae tendineae
  16. Anterior papillary muscle
  17. Posterior papillary muscle
  18. Left ventricle