Notch of cardiac apex

Notch of cardiac apex
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Latin Incisura apicis cordis
Anatomical terminology

The anterior interventricular sulcus and posterior interventricular sulcus extend from the base of the ventricular portion to a notch, the notch of cardiac apex, (or incisura apicis cordis) on the acute margin of the heart just to the right of the apex.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 527 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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