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  7. External features of heart

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External features of heart

Morphologia externa cordis

Definition

Antoine Micheau

External features of heart are the different parts, surfaces and border of the heart externally visible:

  • Base of heart

  • Auricular surface

  • Atrial surface

  • Right ventricular border

  • Left ventricular border

  • Apex of heart

  • Paraconal interventricular sulcus

  • Subsinuosal interventricular sulcus

  • Coronary sulcus

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Underlying structures: There are no anatomical children for this anatomical part
Comparative anatomy in humans
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