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Detailed dissection of heart

Anterior surface of heart, epicardium intact

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Detailed dissection of heart
Anterior surface of heart, epicardium intact
This specimen, from a young woman, displays an abundance of fat in the epicardium.
  1. Right auricle
  2. Right atrium
  3. Fat covering coronary sulcus
  4. Right ventricle
  5. Right margin
  6. Notch at apex of heart
  7. Superior vena cava
  8. Aorta
  9. Pulmonary trunk
  10. Left auricle
  11. Conus arteriosus
  12. Anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery (covered by fat)
  13. Left ventricle
  14. Apex of heart