The heart

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he heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood around the body by circulating it through the circulatory/vascular system. It is found in the middle mediastinum, wrapped in a two-layered serous sac called the pericardium. The heart is shaped as a quadrangular pyramid, and orientated as if the pyramid has fallen onto one of its sides so that its base faces the posterior thoracic wall, and its apex is pointed toward the anterior thoracic wall. The great vessels that originate from the heart, radiate their branches to the head and neck, the thorax and abdomen and the upper and lower limbs.
Borders Superior (atria, auricles), inferior (right and left ventricles), left (left auricle, left ventricle), right (right atrium) borders
Surfaces: Sternocostal (right ventricle), diaphragmatic (mostly right ventricle, portion of left ventricle), pulmonary (cardiac impression) surfaces
Chambers: Atria (left and right), ventricles (left and right)
Emerging/entering vessels Pulmonary veins (-> left atrium), superior and inferior vena cavae (-> right atrium), aorta (left ventricle ->), pulmonary artery (right ventricle ->)
Valves: Tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral, aortic valves
Mnemonic: Try Pulling My Aorta

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