Heart Posterior Surface

Posterior Surface view of Heart Anatomy.

The heart is a muscular organ roughly the size of a fist, located in the chest cavity between the lungs, and functions as the body’s pump for circulating blood. It consists of four chambers: the right atrium and right ventricle, which receive deoxygenated blood from the body and pump it to the lungs, and the left atrium and left ventricle, which receive oxygenated blood from the lungs and distribute it to the body. The heart’s structure includes valves (tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral, and aortic) that ensure unidirectional blood flow, as well as specialized tissues such as the sinoatrial node and atrioventricular node that regulate heartbeats. The heart is encased in a protective double-layered membrane known as the pericardium.

We absolutely adore the old hand drawn anatomy illustrations and the intention with this artwork has been to honour their particular style, while combining it with a modern approach to patient education. Throughout our vintage collection, the names and labels have all been positioned to point towards the very centre of each artwork, an effect that is further enhanced with our signature dotted lines. This technique has given the informative texts an added function as a graphic element by itself; not to distract from the original source materials, but to complement it.

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Available as poster prints, canvas prints and print-it-yourself PDF files. Browse the image gallery and zoom in to view details of the various options for this artwork, incl. types and sizes, colour scheme (petroleum blue or our classic grey) and optional logo placement. ⚠️ Texts on this artwork is only available in English.

Please note: Vertical formats of the digital PDFs, printed posters and canvas prints also has the option to add your clinic’s website address.