Learning objectives:

1.     Recognize and identify the following structures on imaging studies

2.     Describe the anatomic configuration of the structures in relation to other nearby structures, as learned in gross anatomy

List of structures:

•       Right atrium

•       Right ventricle

•       Left atrium

•       Left ventricle

•       Superior vena cava

•       Inferior vena cava

•       Pulmonary trunk

•       L. & R. pulmonary aa.

•       Pulmonary arteries

•       Aortic root

•       Ascending aorta

•       Aortic arch

•       Descending aorta

•       Pulmonary vv., superior and inferior

•       Coronary sinus

•       Moderator band

•       Pericardium

•       Tricuspid valve, 3 leaflets

•       Mitral valve, 2 leaflets

•       Pulmonic (pulmonary) valve, 3 leaflets

•       Aortic valve

•       Right semilunar (coronary) cusp

•       Left semilunar (coronary) cusp

•       Posterior semilunar (noncoronary) cusp

•       Papillary muscles

•       Chordae tendineae

•       Sinuses of Valsalva

•       Right and left main coronary arteries

•       Brachiocephalic trunk (innominate artery)

•       R. common carotid a.

•       R. subclavian a.

•       Left common carotid a.

•       Left subclavian a.

•       Right and left common iliac aa.

•       External and internal iliac aa.