HEART and great vessels
Object numberGC.9170
TitleHEART and great vessels
Creator John (1823-1899) Struthers
DescriptionPreparation of the spine from the seventh’ cervical to the second cervical to the second lumbar vertebra inclusive, with the ribs cut short on the right side at the costal tubercles and on the left side at the costal angles, dried and varnished, with the heart and blood vessels injected and coloured.
The larynx and trachea have been preserved and the root of each of the lungs. The heart has been somewhat flattened anteriorly but on each surface the coronary artery lies in the coronary sulcus and gives off its descending branches. The superior and inferior vena cava, coloured blue, enter the right atrium, the innominate veins and the left subclavian and internal jugular having been preserved. The aortic arch is seen in its normal position curving posteriorly and to the left superior to the pulmonary artery, and thence passing dorsal to the left pulmonary vessels, gains the left side of the thoracic centra, gradually passing anteriorly and medially to gain the aortic hiatus of the diaphragm at the level of the twelfth thoracic vertebra. The aortic arch gives off the innominate artery which crosses anterior to the trachea before dividing into the right common carotid and right subclavian. The left common carotid which passes deep to the left innominate vein and ascends to the left of the trachea, and the left subclavian artery anterior to which lie the veins as it gives off the internal mammary artery, which is traced for some distance into the thorax and the thyreocervical trunk which is cut short. The branches of the pulmonary artery are traced into the root of the lungs. Commencing at the eleventh thoracic centrum the azygos vein receiving its right intercostal branches, passes cephalically and curves superior to the root of the right lung to join the superior vena cava. From the abdominal aorta there arises the coeliac artery of which the left gastric hepatic and splenic arteries are cut short. Distal to the coeliac artery a short trunk represents the superior mesenteric artery and a little more distally short portions of the renal arteries are present.
Production periodNineteenth century, mid
Object nameHEART and great vessels
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen
Dimensions
- Specimen Height: 34 cm
Width: 12 cm
Depth: 14 cm
On stand Height: 36 cm
Width: 19 cm
Depth: 20.5