Dissection of the heart

IN THIS EXPERIMENT YOU WILL…

Observe the Anatomy of the heart by dissecting a mammalian heart.

As the heart is dissected certain parts of the heart will be observed.

• The differences between the 2 atria and ventricles.
• The blood supply to the heart, the left coronary artery and right coronary artery.
• The superior and inferior vena cava is the venous supply to the right atrium and the pulmonary trunk supplies the left atrium.
• The left ventricle supplies the aorta and the right ventricle the pulmonary veins.
• The septum was is the muscular wall that separates the 2 sides of the heart and prevents oxygenated blood from mixing with deoxygenated blood.