Laboratory - Heart and Blood Vessels

Heart

Pericardial cavity - located between the heart and the pericardial sac

Right side

Superior vena cava

Inferior vena cava

Right Atrium

Right Atrioventricular (AV) valve (tricuspid valve)

Right Ventricle

Pulmonary semilunar valve

Pulmonary trunk

Left side

right and left Pulmonary arteries

Left Atrium

Left Atrioventricular (AV) valve (bicuspid valve, Mitral valve)

Left Ventricle

Aortic Semilunar valve

Ascending Aorta

Arteries

Ascending Aorta

Aortic Arch

Brachiocephalic artery

Right common carotid

Right subclavian

Right axillary

Left Common Carotid artery

Left Subclavian artery

Left axillary

Descending Aorta

celiac trunk

superior mesenteric

renal

common iliac

Veins

Superior vena cava

brachiocephalic

internal jugular

subclavian

axillary

Inferior vena cava

hepatic

renal

common iliac

© David G. Ward, Ph.D.  Last modified by wardd 23 May, 2006