Heart Dissection
Heart Dissection
Heart Dissection
SUPERIOR
RIGHT LEFT
INFERIOR
Brachiocephalic artery
Aorta
Superior vena cava
Pulmonary artery
Left atrium
Right ventricle
Left ventricle
Coronary artery
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Exterior view, Ventral side
Brachiocephalic artery
Aorta
Pulmonary artery
Left atrium
Fat and
connective
tissue
Right ventricle
Coronary artery
Left ventricle
Apex
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Frontal section of heart
Superior
vena cava
Aorta
Brachiocephalic
Pulmonary
artery
artery Pulmonary
semilunar
Aortic
valve Pulmonary
semilunar
Right veins
valve
atrium
Left
atrium
Mitral
Tricuspid bicuspid
valve valve
Chordae
tendineae
Left
ventricle
Right
ventricle
Apex
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Heart Valves
VENTRAL
Right coronary artery
Pulmonary valve
Aortic
valve
Circumflex
branch
LEFT RIGHT
DORSAL
Aortic
Pulmonary valve
valve
Left atrium
To Lungs
Mitral valve
Pulmonary artery
Inferior
vena cava
Left ventricle
From Tissues
Right ventricle
1 11
12
2
9
3 13
10
14
5
15
16
7 18 17
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Quiz Answer Key Frontal section of heart
1. Aorta
2. Pulmonary artery
3. Aortic semilunar valve
4. Left atrium
5. Tricuspid valve
6. Left ventricle
7. Papillary muscle
8. Apex
9. Pulmonary semilunar valve
10. Right atrium
11. Superior vena cava
12. Brachiocephalic artery
13. Pulmonary veins
14. Mitral bicuspid valve
15. Chordae tendineae
16. Right ventricle
17. Interventricular septum
18. Inferior vena cava