FHC Cat Dissection The Cat’s Little Heart
Cut Away the Parietal Pericardium
Pulmonary Ligament Heart Diaphragm Pulmonary Ligament
The Right Atrium Right Atrium
The Right Ventricle Right Ventricle
Left Atrium
Left Ventricle
Left Coronary Artery
Remove The Heart From The Mediastinum Cut here!
Identify The Following Heart Structures: The Heart: A Ventral Aspect
Dorsal View of the Heart
Aorta - Dorsal View
Azygos Vein
Dorsal Pulmonary Veins
Brachiocephalic Artery
Left Atrium
Left Pulmonary Artery
Left Pulmonary Veins
Left Subclavian Artery
Left Ventricle Note: When you view The heart dorsally, left Is left and right is right!
Ligamentum Arteriosum
Postcava
Precava
Right Atrium
Right Pulmonary Artery
Right Pulmonary Veins
Right Ventricle
Please Cut The Heart in Half Place the heart in front of you. You are viewing the ventral surface. Begin your cut on the heart’s RIGHT side (your left) and continue the cut until you ALMOST reach the other side (like a submarine sandwich bun). Open the heart like you were looking at the back page of a book placed upside down in front of you.
The Interior of the Heart Should Look Like This:
Wash the Latex and Coagulated Blood from the Interior of the Heart Very Nicely Done!
Muscular Walls of the Left Ventricle
Right Atrium
Right Ventricle
Left Atrium
Left Ventricle
Papillary Muscle
Chordae Tendinae
Tricuspid Valve
Bicuspid Valve
Trabechulae Carnae