Vol 68, No 1 (2009)
Original article
Published online: 2008-11-25
Microscopic study of right fibrous annulus
Folia Morphol 2009;68(1):32-35.
Abstract
The term annulus fibrous is still used in anatomical and clinical terminology but
does not exist in anatomical nomenclature. This structure is proposed as an
anatomical substrate for circus movement of excitation. Multiple cardiac damage
after blunt chest trauma is rare, but usually affects the septal part of the
right fibrous annulus. Histological observation confirms the results of our previous
macroscopic study and shows that the most stable part of fibrous annulus
is the septal part and the region of anterior angle of the right ventricle, and the
most labile parts are the lateral and posterior angles of the right ventricle and
the posterior part of the fibrous annulus. Our histological study shows that the
right fibrous annulus is a heterogeneous structure and may play a role in changes
of shape of the right atrio-ventricular ostium during human life.
Keywords: tricuspid valveright atrio-ventricular ostiumhuman heartmorphologymorphometry
