Heart: Terms to know

Aorta

• Ascending aorta

• Aortic arch

  • Brachiocephalic artery/trunk

  • Left common carotid artery

  • Left subclavian artery

• Descending aorta

Apex

Atrioventricular (AV) valves

• Chordae tendineae

• Left AV (bicuspid) valve

• Right AV (tricuspid) valve

Atrium, right and left

Auricle, right and left

Base

Conducting system

• Sinoatrial node

• Atrioventricular node

• Bundle of His

• Right and left bundle branches

• Purkinje fibers

Coronary sinus

Fossa ovalis

Heart arteries and veins

• Right coronary artery

  • Marginal artery

  • Posterior interventricular artery (posterior descending artery)

• Left coronary artery

  • Anterior interventricular artery (anterior descending artery)

  • Circumflex artery

• Cardiac veins

  • Great cardiac vein

  • Middle cardiac vein

  • Small cardiac vein

  • Coronary sulcus (atrioventricular sulcus)

Heart wall

• Epicardium (visceral pericardium)

• Myocardium

• Endocardium

Interatrial septum

Interventricular septum

Interventricular sulcus

• Anterior

• Posterior

Ligamentum arteriosum

Papillary muscles

Pectinate muscles

Pulmonary trunk

• Right and left pulmonary arteries

• Right and left pulmonary veins

Semilunar valves

• Aortic semilunar valve

• Pulmonary semilunar valve

Trabeculae carneae

Vena cava

• Inferior

• Superior

Ventricle, right and left