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  2. File:Diagram of the human heart (cropped).svg - Wikipedia

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  3. Anatomy of the human heart - Wikipedia

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    The heart is a muscular organ situated in the mediastinum.It consists of four chambers, four valves, two main arteries (the coronary arteries), and the conduction system. The left and right sides of the heart have different functions: the right side receives de-oxygenated blood through the superior and inferior venae cavae and pumps blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery, and the left ...

  4. Fossa (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    In anatomy, a fossa (/ ˈ f ɒ s ə /; [1] [2] pl.: fossae (/ ˈ f ɒ s iː / or / ˈ f ɒ s aɪ /); from Latin 'ditch, trench') is a depression or hollow, usually in a bone, such as the hypophyseal fossa (the depression in the sphenoid bone). [3]

  5. List of foramina of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Bone Cranial fossa Foramina Number Vessels Nerves frontal-supraorbital foramen: 2: supraorbital artery supraorbital vein: supraorbital nerve: frontal: anterior cranial fossa: foramen cecum: 1: emissary veins to superior sagittal sinus from the upper part of the nose [3] ethmoid: anterior cranial fossa (osama) foramina of cribriform plate ~20 ...

  6. Cardiac skeleton - Wikipedia

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    This is the strongest part of the fibrous cardiac skeleton. The upper chambers ( atria ) and lower ( ventricles ) are electrically divided by the properties of collagen proteins within the rings. The valve rings, central body, and skeleton of the heart consisting of collagen are impermeable to electrical propagation.

  7. Anatomical terms of bone - Wikipedia

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    A fossa (from the Latin "fossa", ditch or trench) is a depression or hollow, usually in a bone, such as the hypophyseal fossa, the depression in the sphenoid bone. [15] A meatus is a short canal that opens to another part of the body. [16] An example is the external auditory meatus. A fovea (Latin: pit) is a small pit, usually on the head of a ...

  8. Index of anatomy articles - Wikipedia

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    Printable version; In other projects ... anatomy; Anatomy of the human heart; anconeus; angiography; ... middle cranial fossa; middle ear; middle ear bone complex ...

  9. List of anatomy mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of human anatomy mnemonics, categorized and alphabetized.For mnemonics in other medical specialties, see this list of medical mnemonics.Mnemonics serve as a systematic method for remembrance of functionally or systemically related items within regions of larger fields of study, such as those found in the study of specific areas of human anatomy, such as the bones in the hand ...