VH Dissector: Heart and Blood Flow

Add the Superior and Inferior Vena Cava

Add the Right Atrium

Add the Coronary Sinus which also drains into the right atrium

Add the inter-atrial septum

Add the inter-ventricular septum

Add the tricuspid valve where blood will pass through to enter the right ventricle.

Add the pulmonary valve where blood will pass through from the right ventricle to the pulmonary trunk.

Add the pulmonary trunk and pulmonary arteries that carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs

Add papillary muscles and chordae tendinae

Add trabeculae carnae

Add the myocardium of the right ventricle

Add the posterior vew of the left atrium

Add the pulmonary veins

Rotate to an anterior view and add the inter-atrial septum

Add the mitral valve

Add the aortic valve. To see the aortic valve you have to remove the "brown colored" left ventricle. This "brown colored" object will have to be removed in the next steps to see the valvular structures.

Add the interventricular septum and rotate to see the relationship of these two valves to the ventricular septum.

Add the ascending aorta

Add the papillary muscles and chordae tendinae

Add the myocardium of the left ventricle

Rotate the cadaver into anatomical position

Add the diaphragm and rib cage to better understand the relationship of the heart and its valves to the sternum and rib cage.

You will probably want to dissect away the sternum and some of the costal ribs to see this better.