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

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Detailed dissection of heart

Posterior surface of heart, epicardium intact

1 .	Right pulmonary vein
2 .	Right pulmonary artery
3 .	Left atrium (pointers terminate on pericardial reflections which form boundaries of oblique sinus of pericardial cavity)
4 .	Fragment of aorta preserved at attachment of ligamentum arteriosum
5 .	Ligamentum arteriosum
6 .	Left pulmonary artery
7 .	Left pulmonary vein
8 .	Pericardium (parietal side)
9 .	Coronary sinus
10 .	Left ventricle
11 .	Right auricle (interior, visible through right atrium)
12 .	Crista terminalis
13 .	Right atrium
14 .	Inferior vena cava
15 .	Coronary sulcus
16 .	Right ventricle
17 .	Middle cardiac vein (overlying posterior interventricular sulcus)