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Image #118-5
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.
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Superior vena cava
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Ascending aorta
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Transverse pericardial sinus (indicated on drawing by double pointed arrow)