For Providers -- Atlas of Human Anatomy

The heart seen from the anterior surface with opened heart chambers.

Translated by: Ronald A. Bergman, PhD and Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
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a) Right atrium, vestibule.
b) Right auricle of right atrium.
c) Superior vena cava.
d) Inferior vena cava.
e) Left atrium.
f) Left auricle of left atrium.
g. Pulmonary vein.
h) Pulmonary artery.
i) Ascending aorta.
k) Right ventricle, right heart chamber.
l) Left ventricle, left heart chamber.
m) Apex of heart.
n) Ventricular septum.
o) Pulmonary artery, ostium.
p) Aorta, ostium.
q) Tricuspid valve.
r) Mitral valve (s. bicuspidalis).
s) Chordae tendineae.
t) Papillary muscle.
u) Trabeculae carneae.