Heart
Cor
Pumps blood: the right side to the lungs, the left side to the body.
- System
- heart
- Region
- Thorax
- Sides
- Single, on the midline
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Mediastinum, between the third and sixth ribs, tilted with its apex to the left.
- Action
- Pumps blood: the right side to the lungs, the left side to the body.
- Nerve
- Vagus nerve for slowing, and the sympathetic cardiac nerves for quickening.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the cat; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Heart
- Latin (NAV)
- Cor
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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