The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . ent of the aorta. Fig. 110. Fig. 110 is (i grneial view of the inter- nal structure of the heart. 1. Rightauricle. 2 Entrance ot the superioicava. 3. Entrance of the inferior cava4. Opening of the coronary vein, haltclosed by the valve. 5. Eustachianvalve. 6. Fossa ovnlis, surrounded bythe annulus ovalis. 7. TuberculumLoweri. 6. Musculi pectiuati in thoappendix nurieulie. 9. Aurieulo-veltriculnr opening. 10. Cavity of rightventricle. 11. Tricuspid , attachedby the chords tendinsa to th„ (12). 13. The pulmon
The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . ent of the aorta. Fig. 110. Fig. 110 is (i grneial view of the inter- nal structure of the heart. 1. Rightauricle. 2 Entrance ot the superioicava. 3. Entrance of the inferior cava4. Opening of the coronary vein, haltclosed by the valve. 5. Eustachianvalve. 6. Fossa ovnlis, surrounded bythe annulus ovalis. 7. TuberculumLoweri. 6. Musculi pectiuati in thoappendix nurieulie. 9. Aurieulo-veltriculnr opening. 10. Cavity of rightventricle. 11. Tricuspid , attachedby the chords tendinsa to th„ (12). 13. The pulmonary ar-tery, guarded at its commencement bythree semilunar valves. 14. Rightpul-monary artery, passing beneath thoarch and behind the ascending Left pulmonary artery, crosz-ing infront of the descending aorta Re-mains of the drctus nnteriustts, nctinnas a ligament Letween the pulmonaryu-tery anil arch of the aorta. The arrows mart the course of the venous blood throuubA: light auto of the heal I. Ill Left utricle. 17. Openings of tt< fourth pulmonary. AN ATOM* If THE HEART. SPLANCHNOLOGY an reins. IB. A jriculc-ventricular opening. 19. Left ventricle. 20. Mitral voire, attachedby its chordm t^ndinaj to two large columnue earnea), which project from the walla oiXie ventricle. 21. Commencement and course of the ascending aorta behind the pul-tnonary alter), marked by an arrow; the entrance of the vessels is guarded by threesemilunar valves. 2-». Arch of the aorta. The comparative thickness u! the two vcniri-tles is shown in the diagram. The course of the blood through the left side of the heartla denoted by arrows. The general structure of the nenrt is an arrangement of Etrongmuscular fibres, disposed in several layers, so as to form fibrous ringsand bands, which afford it. the greatest possible amount of strength forits bulk. Its arteries are the anterior and posterior coronary ; its veinsempty into the right auricle b} the common coronary; its lymphaticsterminat
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