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

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Detailed dissection of heart

Interior of left auricle viewed through left atrium

The specimen has been rotated so that the interior of the left auricle is visible.

1 .	Left auricle (interior)
2 .	Left pulmonary veins (opening into left atrium)
3 .	Left atrioventricular opening
4 .	Fat in coronary sulcus
5 .	Reflected flap of atrial wall
6 .	Right inferior pulmonary vein
7 .	Line of reflection of serous pericardium
8 .	Interatrial septum
9 .	Anterior cusp of mitral valve