ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mediastinum. Snugly enclosed within the inferior mediastinum, the medial cavity of the thorax, the heart is flanked on each side by the lungs. Apex. It’s more pointed apex is directed toward the left hip and rests on the diaphragm, approximately at the level of the fifth intercostal space.

Detailed explanation-2: -The inferior tip of the heart, known as the apex, rests just superior to the diaphragm. The base of the heart is located along the body’s midline with the apex pointing toward the left side.

Detailed explanation-3: -The inferior tip of the heart, the apex, lies just to the left of the sternum between the junction of the fourth and fifth ribs near their articulation with the costal cartilages. The right side of the heart is deflected anteriorly, and the left side is deflected posteriorly.

Detailed explanation-4: -The heart rests on the diaphragm in a space called the mediastinum. It weighs 300 grams and is about as big as a clenched fist. The pointed end is called the apex and the opposite end is called the base but is really the top of the heart. The bulk of the heart tissue is made up of the left ventricle.

Detailed explanation-5: -The heart is located in the mediastinum, the cavity between the lungs. The heart is tilted so that its pointed end, the apex, points downward toward the left hip, while the broad end, the base, faces upward toward the right shoulder.