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Detailed dissection of heart

Posterior surface of heart, epicardium intact

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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)