Heart Ultrasound Anatomy

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Heart ultrasound anatomy is presented here as a labeled cross-sectional atlas. Every view pairs a color-coded anatomy diagram with the matching real ultrasound image, so you can learn the expected shape and position of the heart and then recognise it on a real scan.

In the atlas legend the heart belongs to the general structures group and is shown in a consistent colour wherever it appears. The small body marker on each card shows where the transducer sits for that view, which makes it easier to reproduce the image at the bedside.

Heart appears in 3 labeled views in this atlas. Each card below shows the anatomy diagram, the real ultrasound image and the probe position for that scan. Coloured dots list every structure labeled in the view, with heart highlighted.

3Scan views

Heart across the atlas

Left lobe of liver, ligamentum teres, boundary between lateral and medial segments

Liver / Liver in Longitudinal Sections · Longitudinal plane

Heart ultrasound image, Left lobe of liver, ligamentum teres, boundary between lateral and medial segments

18Splenic vein21Left lobe of liver42Body of pancreas45Pancreatic duct73Antrum of stomach74Cardia93Gas94Artifact98Heart

Left lobe of liver, ligamentum teres, boundary between lateral and medial segments

Liver / Liver in Longitudinal Sections · Longitudinal plane

1Aorta3Celiac trunk5Splenic artery7Superior mesenteric artery15Left renal vein18Splenic vein21Left lobe of liver42Body of pancreas73Antrum of stomach74Cardia90Spinal column98Heart

Posterior segment, lateral portions of liver, kidney

Liver / Liver in Longitudinal Sections · Longitudinal plane

Heart ultrasound image, Posterior segment, lateral portions of liver, kidney

26Lateral segment96Diaphragm98Heart

Anatomy diagrams, ultrasound images and probe positions are part of the Ultrasound Anatomy atlas. Colours follow the atlas legend, grouping vessels, organs and other structures by type.