Detailed dissection of heart
Atrial myocardium, basal view
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Detailed dissection of heart
Atrial myocardium, basal view
The epicardium has been removed from all parts of the atria with the exception of the left auricle.
- Ligamentum arteriosum
- Right pulmonary artery
- Left pulmonary artery
- Left auricle (epicardium intact)
- Left superior pulmonary vein
- Left inferior pulmonary vein
- Left atrium
- Upper pointer: Right superior pulmonary vein (note tributary joining vein close to atrial wall) Lower pointer: Right inferior pulmonary vein
- Left ventricle (epicardium intact)
- Posterior interventricular sulcus (pointer on middle cardiac vein)
- Right ventricle
- Inferior vena cava
- Pulmonary trunk
- Ascending aorta
- Superior vena cava
- Right auricle
- Sino-atrial node
- Right atrium
- Interatrial groove