Patient Education:

ANATOMY OF THE HEART

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ANATOMY OF
THE HEART
CORONARY VESSELS (STERNOCOSTAL SURFACE)

Left coronary artery

Circumflex branch of
left coronary artery
Right coronary artery

Anterior interventricular branch

(left anterior descending)
of left coronary artery
Right marginal branch
of right coronary artery
Interventricular
septal branches

LATERAL VIEW OF CHEST:

MEDIASTINUM REGIONS

Brachial plexus 1st rib

Esophagus

Thymus
Aorta
Left pumonary
artery WALLS OF THE PERICARDIUM
Bronchial
Left pumonary artery
veins Heart
Middle
mediastinum Fibrais pericardium
Parietal layer of the
sercus pericardium
Visceral layer of the sercus
pericardium (epicardium)

Pericardial sac

Diaphragm

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ANATOMY OF THE HEART

CARDIAC VALVES (SYSTOLE)

Septal cusp
Anterior semilunar cusp Tricuspid
Pulmonary Anterior cusp
valve
Right semilunar cusp valve CARDIAC CONDUCTION
Left semilunar cusp Posterior cusp
SYSTEM
Right (coronary)
semilunar cusp
Aortic Left (coronary)
valve semilunar cusp
Posterior SA node
(noncoronary)
semilunar cusp AV node

AV bundle (His)
Mitral Anterior cusp
valve
Posterior cusp
Left bundle
branch

Heart in systole:
viewed from base with atria removed

Right bundle
branch

CARDIAC CHAMBERS
Pulmonary trunk
Mitral valve Posterior cusp
Left atrium Anterior cusp of Openings of coronary arteries
Anterior cusp
Left auricle mitral valve Ascending aorta
Ascending aorta
Left Right auricle
Left semilunar cusp
pulmonary
Aortic veins
Posterior
valve
semilunar (non-
coronary) cusp

Left semi-
lunar cusp Aortic
Superior
vena cava Right semi- valve
lunar cusp

Right
ventricle

Right atrium
Anterior
Tricuspid valve

cusp Left ventricle

(retracted)
Septal Left anterior
cusp papillary muscle
Left
ventricle
Posterior cusp
Right ventricle Left posterior
papillary muscle
Right anterior
papillary muscle (cut)
Right posterior papillary muscle
Muscular part of interventricular septum

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