Heart Anatomy question

[determined1.]

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How do we know if we are looking at the right Ventricle or the left ventricle if it's not labelled? Will it always be shown as on the right having R. ventricle and on the left side L. ventricle? In the picture below they showed it this way and in other picture on the website it was reversed:
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/m1/anatomy2010/html/atlas/ht_vent_walls.html

 

[chizledfrmstone]

I'm sorry if I'm misunderstanding your question.

Isn't the LV just much thicker?

 

[determined1.]

I'm sorry if I'm misunderstanding your question.

Isn't the LV just much thicker?

I know LV is usually thicker than the right, but when you have hypertrophy due to hypertension or something either in RV or LV then how would you know which ventricle is which?

 

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

I know LV is usually thicker than the right, but when you have hypertrophy due to hypertension or something either in RV or LV then how would you know which ventricle is which?

Think about it... chronic systemic hypertension would cause which ventricle to work harder (leading to hypertrophy)?

 

[determined1.]

Think about it... chronic systemic hypertension would cause which ventricle to work harder (leading to hypertrophy)?

Chronic systemic hypertension would be the left ventricle and if it's the Chronic Pulmonary htn then it would be the right ventricle. Right?

So, I guess vignette would solve the problem.

 

[dfib slim]

Chronic systemic hypertension would be the left ventricle and if it's the Chronic Pulmonary htn then it would be the right ventricle. Right?

It would probably be exceedingly rare to have isolated pulmonary hypertension leading to right ventricular hypertrophy with left ventricular atrophy.

 

[Transposony]

How do we know if we are looking at the right Ventricle or the left ventricle if it's not labelled? Will it always be shown as on the right having R. ventricle and on the left side L. ventricle? In the picture below they showed it this way and in other picture on the website it was reversed:
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/m1/anatomy2010/html/atlas/ht_vent_walls.html

On the test they will always show the anatomical position.

 

[olecranon4]

It would probably be exceedingly rare to have isolated pulmonary hypertension leading to right ventricular hypertrophy with left ventricular atrophy.

firecracker has this image of pulmonary htn meant to show rv equal thickness to lv. maybe from someone who lived at high altitude