Abstract
The primary common trunk of the blood system comprises
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the right auricle of the heart.
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the right ventricle of the heart.
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the trunk of the pulmonary artery.
OPH 33, II, 281–282: “Receptaculi sangvinis circulus per ventriculorum cordis separationem ab invicem manifestior redditus”. The figure was drawn by Steno after the dissection made by him in Copenhagen on February 7, 1673. It is described at length in Holger Jacobaeus’ manuscript (see Chap. 2.33 <861>. The illustration appears with captions in Thomae Bartholini … Anatome quartum renovata …, Lugduni Batavorum, 1674, pp. 805–807.
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Kardel, T., Maquet, P. (2018). 2.35 Circular Course of the Blood Made Clearer Through Separation of the Ventricles of the Heart. In: Nicolaus Steno. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55047-2_46
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