Bassett Collection Large Image - Lane Medical Library, Stanford University Medical Center

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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