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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Easy handout of left ventricle of the heart

left ventricle:
 The wall of the left ventricle is thicker than the atrium and also  it is thicker than the right ventricle.
It contains two orifices
1.     Left  atrioventricular orifice: by this orifice oxygenated blood of left atrium enters into the left ventricle
2.      aortic orifice : by this orifice it sends it oxygenated blood to whole body via aorta.


Externally it forms some part of  the sternocostal surface and 2/3 of diaphragmatic surface. It also form apex, left border. It is separated from left atrium by atrioventricular sulcus /groove or coronary sulcus. It also separated from right ventricle by two groove anterior and posterior inter-ventricular groove. 


Internally it has two part inflowing rough part due to trabeculae carneae ( muscular ridges of the heart ) and outflowing smooth part also known as infundibulum. 
The cavity of the left ventricle is circular shape in cross section because the interventricular septum makes a bulge toward the right ventricle.

Trabeculae carneae of ventricles:
Three types of muscular projections are present in trabeculae carneae of left ventricle.
They are
1.     Ridges : fixed muscular elevations
2.     Bridges : two ends are fixed with central free portion
3.     Papillary muscles : in left ventricle it is two in number : anterior and posterior




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