MEDICAL
HEART AND PERICARDIUM
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base
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mediastinum
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apex
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pericardium
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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 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.
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.