Intervenous tubercle

Summary

The intervenous tubercle (tubercle of Lower) is a small projection on the posterior wall of the right atrium, above the fossa ovalis.

Intervenous tubercle
Details
Identifiers
Latintuberculum intervenosum
TA98A12.1.01.014
FMA9270
Anatomical terminology
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It is distinct in the hearts of quadrupeds, but in man is scarcely visible.

It was supposed by Lower to direct the blood from the superior vena cava toward the atrioventricular opening.

References edit

  This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 531 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links edit

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