Diseases of the chest and the principles of physical diagnosis . Right pulmo-nary arteryDescendingaortaLeft bronchus Aortic leaflets Left lunc Fig. 12G. 156 .THE EXAMINATION OF CIRCULATORY SYSTEM Right pul. artery Left super, pul. vein .. appendix s ^ L. infer, pul. vein Left auricle Mitral valve ante- rior leaflet v>.. Aorta Aortic leaflets Left ventricleRight ventricle Fig. 127. Figs. 126 and 127.—These sections show the deeply placed position of the left auriclewhich may be topographically described as the posterior auricle. They also depict therelatively large amount of medi


Diseases of the chest and the principles of physical diagnosis . Right pulmo-nary arteryDescendingaortaLeft bronchus Aortic leaflets Left lunc Fig. 12G. 156 .THE EXAMINATION OF CIRCULATORY SYSTEM Right pul. artery Left super, pul. vein .. appendix s ^ L. infer, pul. vein Left auricle Mitral valve ante- rior leaflet v>.. Aorta Aortic leaflets Left ventricleRight ventricle Fig. 127. Figs. 126 and 127.—These sections show the deeply placed position of the left auriclewhich may be topographically described as the posterior auricle. They also depict therelatively large amount of mediastinal space which is occupied in an antero-posterior di-rection by the heart. The rear view of the heart is shown in Figs. 91 and 92. the anterioraspect in Figs. 86 and 163. THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM 157 vertebra. The apex of the heart Hes at the level of the eighth dorsal ver-tebra. The aorta reaches the spine at the level of the fourth dorsalvertebra. The pulmonary artery bifurcates at the level of the fourthdorsal vertebra. Practically the whole anterior surface of the heart isright heart (see Fig. 163). The left auricle lies posteriorly. Of the leftventricle only the tip is seen from in front.


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