The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . lung; c, trachea; d, arch of aorta; e,superior vena cava; /, pulmonary artery; g, left, and h, rightauricle; k, right, and /, left ventricle; m, inferior vena cava; n,descending aorta; l, innominate artery; 2, right, and 4, leftcommon carotid artery; 3, right, and 5, left subclavian artery;6, 6, right and left innominate vein; 7 and 9, left and right internaljugular veins; 8 and 10, left and right subclavian veins; II, 12, 13,left pulmonary artery, bronchus ana vein; 14,15,16, right pulmonarybronc
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . lung; c, trachea; d, arch of aorta; e,superior vena cava; /, pulmonary artery; g, left, and h, rightauricle; k, right, and /, left ventricle; m, inferior vena cava; n,descending aorta; l, innominate artery; 2, right, and 4, leftcommon carotid artery; 3, right, and 5, left subclavian artery;6, 6, right and left innominate vein; 7 and 9, left and right internaljugular veins; 8 and 10, left and right subclavian veins; II, 12, 13,left pulmonary artery, bronchus ana vein; 14,15,16, right pulmonarybronchus, artery and vein; 17 and 18, left and right coronary arteries. right auricle and ventricle lie on the front and right side, whilethe left auricle and ventricle are behind and on the left. The right auricle is situated at the base of the heart, and itsoutline is seen on looking at the organ from in front. Into t he In O. Eng. heorle; this is a common Teut. word, cl. Dut, t^art,Oer. Herz, Goth, hairlo; related by root are Lat. cor and Gr. nopjia:the ultimate root is kard-, to quiver, Fig. 2. Cavities of the Right Side of theHeart.—o, superior, and b, inferior venacava; c, arch of aorta; d, pulmonaryartery ;e, right, and/, left auricular append-age; g, fossa ovalis; h, Eustachian valve;k, mouth of coronary vein; /, m, n, cuspsof the tricuspid valve; o, o, papillarymuscles; p, semilunar valve; q, corpusArantii; r, lunula. posterior part of it open the two venae cavae (see fig. 2), thesuperior (n) above and the inferior (6) below. In front and to theleft of the superior vena cava is the right auricular appendage («)which overlaps thefront of the root of theaorta, while runningobliquely from thefront of one vena cavato the other is a shal-low groove called thesulcus Icrminalis, whichindicates the originalseparation between thetrue auricle in frontand the sinus venosusbehind. • When theauricle is opened byturning the front wallto the right as a flapthe following stru
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