Plastinated Human Cadaver Heart

3D Model

This is a plastinated human heart that was disected from a fixed human cadaver as a part of a cardiac anatomy course. This heart is from a patient with a cardiac history of hypertension (high blood pressure), hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol), a myocardial infarction (heart attack), atrial fibrillation, and heart failure. This heart has been dissected to show the ventricular anatomy while preserving the sub-valvular aparati. In addition the aorta has been partially dissected to show the aortic valve. This heart uses reference number CC30793.

To learn more about cardiac anatomy, visit the Atlas of Human Cardiac Anatomy.

We partner with the University of Minnesota’s Anatomy Bequest program to receive fresh and fixed cadavers for research.