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17.6: Anatomical Atlas - Heart

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    A compendium of anatomical images: slides, models, and/or cadavers.

    Heart with Pericardium (sheep) - atlas.png

    Image Credit

    "Heart with Pericardium (sheep) - atlas" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Heart with Pericardium (sheep) - atlas key.png

    Cadaver Inside 2.png

    Image Credit

    "Heart Dissection - Interior Features" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Heart Internal Structures (sheep):

    1 - Pectinate muscles

    2 - Bicuspid valve

    3 - Chordae tendineae

    4 - Trabeculae carneae

    5 - Papillary muscle

     

    cardiac muscle with structures lettered.png

    Image Credit

    "Cardiac Muscle Histology" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, micrographs provided by Virginia Commonwealth University under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Cardiac Muscle:

    A - nucleus of cardiac myofiber

    B - intercalated disc

    C - striations

    D - endomysium

     

    Intercalated Disc 2.png

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    Heart Intercalated Disc

    1 - Intercalated disc

     

     

    Jen - Heart Model 1 - use.png

    Image Credit

    "Heart Model 1" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Heart External Structures (Great Vessels):

    A - Ascending part of the aorta

    B - Pulmonary trunk

    C - Auricle (left)

    D - Arch of the aorta

    E - Descending part of the aorta

    Jen - Heart Model 2 - use.png

    Image Credit

    "Heart Model 2" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Heart Structures and Vessels:

    A - Superior Vena Cava (SVC)

    B - Terminal crest

    C - Pectinate muscles

    D - Fossa ovalis

    E - Inferior Vena Cava (IVC)

    F - Pulmonary trunk

    G - Auricle (left)

    Jen - Heart Model 6 - use.png

    Image Credit

    "Heart Model 3" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Heart Internal Structures:

    A - Atrium (left)

    B - Ventricle (left)

    C - Auricle (right)

    D - Papillary muscle

    E - Trabeculae carneae

    G - Bicuspid/Mitral/Left AV valve

    H - Chordae tendineae

     

    Jen - Heart Model 8 - use.png

    Image Credit

    "Heart Model 4" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Heart Internal Structures:

    A - Atrium (right)

    B - Ventricle (right)

    C - Tricuspid/Right AV valve

    D - Pectinate muscle

    E - Pulmonary semilunar valve

    F - Auricle (left)

    G - Chordae tendineae

    Jen - Heart Model 10 - use.png

    Image Credit

    "Heart Model 5" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Cardiac External Structures:

    A - Aorta

    B - Superior Vena Cava (SVC)

    C - Auricle (right)

    D - Pulmonary trunk

    E - Auricle (left)

     

    Cadaver - Thorax with Heart Lettered.png

    Image Credit

    "UL Heart 2" by BlueLink is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 with notification of the original authors.  Labeling by Jennifer Lange.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    A - Aorta

    B - Superior Vena Cava (SVC)

    C - Right Atrium

    D - Pericardium

    E - Pulmonary Trunk

    F - Left Ventricle

    G - Right Ventricle





     
     
     

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