Anatomy - Heart: Cadaver

right atrium

left atrium

-larger

-smooth-walled chamber

right ventricle

left ventricle

ascending aorta

aortic arch

descending aorta

starts just after ligamentum arteriosum attachment to aorta

pulmonary trunk

seen anteriorly

pulmonary arteries

big R and L

superior vena cava

inferior vena cava

brachiocephalic trunk

first branch off aorta on pt's R

L common carotid artery

second branch off the aortic arch

L subclavian artery

third branch of the aortic arch

pericardium

pectinate muscle

parallel ridges of muscles on wall of R atrium

fossa ovalis

in posterior R atrium

tricuspid valve (right AV valve)

valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle

bicuspid valve (mitral valve)

valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle.

aortic semilunar valve

valve between left ventricle and aorta

pulmonary semilunar valve

valve between right ventricle and pulmonary trunk; seen anteriorly

chordae tendineae

papillary muscle

interventricular septum

moderator band (septomarginal trabecula)

ONLY in R ventricle

trabeculae carneae

ligamentum arteriosum

signifies start of descending aorta

pulmonary veins

brachiocephalic veins

coronary sinus

R coronary artery

posterior descending artery (PDA)

tubular

middle cardiac vein

flattened

L coronary artery

circumflex artery

L anterior descending artery

great cardiac vein