Heart

1

arch of aorta

Mnemonic to remember blood flow of the heart

1. randy

2. tried

3. violently

4. pushing

5. through

6. actual

7. clowns

8. very

9. lazily

10. meanwhile

11. larry

12. awaited

13. and

14. sat

15. cause

16. valedictorian

17. came

18. about

2

descending aorta

3

ligamentum arteriosum

4

left pulmonary artery

5

left pulmonary vein

6

pulmonary trunk

7

left auricle

8

left coronary artery

9

great cardiac vein

10

apex

11

interventricular septum

12

anterior interventricular artery

13

right auricle

14 & 15

right coronary artery

16

ascending aorta

17

superior vena cava

1

arch of aorta

2

ascending aorta

3

pulmonary trunk

4

right auricle

5

inferior vena cava

6

right pulmonary veins

7

right pulmonary artery

8

superior vena cava

1

aortic arch

2

descending aorta

3

left pulmonary artery

4

left pulmonary vein

5

left auricle

6

pulmonary trunk

7

right auricle

8

ascending aorta

1

superior vena cava

2

right pulmonary artery

3

right pulmonary veins

4

inferior vena cava

5

descending valve

1

aortic arch

2

ligamentum arteriosum

3

descending aorta

4

left pulmonary artery

5

left pulmonary veins

6

left atrium

7

mitral valve

8

pectinate muscle

9

left ventricle

10

papillary muscle

11

interventricular septum

12

chordae tendineae

13

pulmonary trunk

14

ascending aorta

15

aortic valve

1

aortic arch

2

ascending aorta

3

fossa ovalis

4

pulmonary valve

5

right coronary artery

6

tricuspid valve

7

trabeculae carneae

8

right atrium

9

coronary sinus opening

10

pectinate muscles

11

superior vena cava

12

coronary sinus opening

13

inferior vena cava opening

1

right pulmonary veins

2

coronary sinus

3

inferior vena cava

4

small cardiac vein

5

circumflex branch

6

posterior interventricular artery

7

middle cardiac vein

8

descending aorta

1

pulmonary trunk

2

left pulmonary artery

3

left coronary artery

4

left atrium

5

anterior interventricular artery

6

great cardiac vein

7 & 8

papillary muscle

9

trabeculae carneae

10

tricuspid valve

11

right atrium

12

pulmonary valve

13

right coronary artery

14

superior vena cava

flow of blood

1. right atrium

2. tricuspid valve

3. right ventricle

4. pulmonary valve

5. pulmonary trunk

6. pulmonary arteries

7. pulmonary capillaries

8. pulmonary veins

9. left atrium

10. mitral valve

11. left ventricle

12. aortic valve

13. aorta

14. systemic arteries

15. systemic capillaries

16. systemic veins

17. vena cavae / coronary sinus

18. right atrium