Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
The plates represent a heart in which there is transposition of the great vessels, the foramen ovale being open.
A. External view.
B. Internal view.
C. Posterior view.
R. Right ventricle, from which the aorta takes its origin.
L. Left ventricle, from which the pulmonary artery takes its origin.
M. Mitral valve, which presents three cusps.
T. Tricuspid valve.
O. Foramen ovale.
from Cockle, 1863.
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