Anatomy and physiology : designed for academies and families . ricuspid valves, as thecontractile power of the thick walls of the left ventricle ex-ceeds that of the right ventricle. To the free margins of thesevalves are attached small, tendinous cords, that connect themwith the fleshy pillars upon the interior of the ventricle. From the left ventricle proceeds the large systemic artery,named the aorta, through which the arterial blood passes to Describe Fig. 138. What passes from these valves to the columnse ear-neae ? Describe the course of the blood from the right ventricle. Whatare found
Anatomy and physiology : designed for academies and families . ricuspid valves, as thecontractile power of the thick walls of the left ventricle ex-ceeds that of the right ventricle. To the free margins of thesevalves are attached small, tendinous cords, that connect themwith the fleshy pillars upon the interior of the ventricle. From the left ventricle proceeds the large systemic artery,named the aorta, through which the arterial blood passes to Describe Fig. 138. What passes from these valves to the columnse ear-neae ? Describe the course of the blood from the right ventricle. Whatare found at the commencement of the pulmonary artery ? What are thenames of the valves between the auricle and ventricle of the left side ofthe heart? What are attached to these valves? What vessel passes fromthe left ventricle of the heart ? 196 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. the whole system. At the junction of this artery with theventricle there are three valves, called sigmoid or semi-lunarvalves of the aorta. They receive their name from their form. Fig. 139. Fig. Fie. 139. A view of the interior of the right ventricle, a part having been removed,it The left ventricle is entire. 1, A section of the waHs of the right ventricle 2,he left ventricle. 3, The thickness of the walls ot the nght. ventncle. 4, ThicK- but nes* arthrcommencementort^e^pulmonary^artery: 5. The anterior fold ot thetricuspid valve. 6, A portion of the right ventricle untouched. 7,8, The column*caniea of the right ventricle with their chorda tendines. 9, Ine right side of the ven-tricular partition. 10,11, The cavities between the bases oi the columns carneaj. depression leading to the pulmonary artery. 13 The interior of the pulmonaryarterv Two of the sigmoid valves are seen ; the third has been removed. Fie 140 A three-quarter view of the left ventricle after the removal of its anterior•walls 1. The outer side of the left ventricle, 2, The outer side of the right The thickness of its outer wa
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