For the dissection of the heart, you should find:

Nerves

• phrenic
• vagus
• recurrent laryngeal

Arteries and Veins

• aorta (arch)
• pulmonary trunk
• pulmonary arteries
• superior vena cava
• pulmonary veins
• inferior vena cava
• right and left coronary arteries
• circumflex branch
• anterior interventricular (descending) artery
• posterior interventricular artery
• right marginal artery
• great cardiac vein
• middle cardiac vein
• small cardiac vein
• anterior cardiac veins
• coronary sinus

Other

• oblique sinus
• transverse sinus
• ligamentum arteriosum
• coronary sulcus
• right and left atria
• atrial auricles
• right and left ventricles
• interventricular sulci
• crista terminalis
• musculi pectinati
• right atrioventricular orifice
• tricuspid valve
• fossa ovalis
• cusps
• chorda tendinae
• papillary muscles
• semilunar cusps
• septomarginal (moderator) band
• bicuspid (mitral) valve
• aortic sinuses
• openings of right and left coronary arteries

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John A. McNulty, Ph.D.

Last Updated: Apr 15, 1998 Created: Jan 24, 1997