BodyLab

Heart Study Mode

Use the current 2D explorer to review existing heart structures by layer, select a structure, practice labels, and open nursing relevance panels.

Educational tool only. Clinical guidance is pending qualified review. No clinical, NCLEX, or anatomical validation is claimed.

Study Mode

What you can study now

Clinical guidance is pending qualified review. Protocol-sensitive guidance remains withheld.

Asset pathway

Heart Visual

Heart study visual

Original educational illustration of the heart for BodyLab study mode

Selected visual label

Left Ventricle

Chambers

Study this structure in the labeled heart visual and the selected-structure details below.

Visual label guide

Use these keyboard-accessible labels to connect mapped areas of the illustration with the existing structure study list.

Approximate educational guide — pending anatomical review.

Visual labels are educational and pending anatomical review.

Asset status: Available
Source / provenance status: Recorded; Original project-created educational SVG; Created for Gwajee BodyLab; not derived from copyrighted textbook or atlas artwork
Medical review status: Not medically reviewed

Heart Viewer

Click or tap a structure to highlight it. Use mouse drag, wheel zoom, or two-finger pinch.

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Nursing relevance

Left Ventricle

Clinical review pending. Protocol-sensitive guidance, lab and diagnostic examples, and treatment details are withheld pending source mapping and qualified review.

Why it matters

Left ventricular function determines cardiac output; monitor blood pressure, lung sounds, and signs of pulmonary edema.

Key assessments

Auscultate heart sounds systematically, noting S1/S2 intensity, murmurs, and extra heart sounds.
Assess peripheral perfusion, pulse quality, capillary refill, and signs of congestion.
Monitor respiratory status for crackles and orthopnea in left-sided heart dysfunction.

Common labs

Lab examples are withheld pending source mapping and qualified review.

Interventions

Protocol-sensitive intervention details are withheld pending source mapping and qualified review.

References

Potter & Perry: Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th ed.

National Institutes of Health. (2025). Heart failure clinical guidance.

Study structures

Structure study list

14 visible

Source & reference

This is the current usable BodyLab heart study workspace. It organizes the existing educational structures and review tools without claiming clinical, NCLEX, or anatomical validation.

American Heart Association. (2024). Anatomy of the heart.
Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 15th edition.
Potter & Perry: Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th edition.

Accuracy checklist

Chambers are separated into right and left atria and ventricles.
All four cardiac valves are represented and labeled.
Coronary vessels include the RCA and LAD as anatomy structures.
Great vessels layer includes the aorta and pulmonary artery.
Conduction nodes include both SA and AV nodes.
Blood flow step sequence matches right heart → lungs → left heart → aorta.
Pathology overlay text is parked pending source mapping and qualified review.
Nursing relevance panel parks protocol-sensitive details pending qualified review.
NCLEX mini-quiz remains available for review.
Source references remain listed for review workflows.