CORDUL

CONF. UNIV. DR. ALEXANDRU NEMTOI

Figure 18.1
• THE STERNOCOSTAL SURFACE
• IS DIRECTED FORWARD, UPWARD, AND TO THE LEFT.
• ITS LOWER PART IS CONVEX, FORMED CHIEFLY BY THE RIGHT VENTRICLE, AND
TRAVERSED NEAR ITS LEFT MARGIN BY THE ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL SULCUS.

• ITS UPPER PART IS SEPARATED FROM THE LOWER BY THE CORONARY SULCUS, AND IS
FORMED BY THE ATRIA;

• IT PRESENTS A DEEP CONCAVITY, OCCUPIED BY THE ASCENDING AORTA AND THE

PULMONARY ARTERY.
• THE DIAPHRAGMATIC SURFACE
• DIRECTED DOWNWARD AND SLIGHTLY BACKWARD
• IS FORMED BY THE VENTRICLES
• RESTS UPON THE CENTRAL TENDON AND A SMALL PART OF THE LEFT MUSCULAR
PORTION OF THE DIAPHRAGM
• IS SEPARATED FROM THE BASE BY THE POSTERIOR PART OF THE CORONARY SULCUS,
AND IS TRAVERSED OBLIQUELY BY THE POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL SULCUS.
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