The heart it is made of four chambers and four valves, and each of the chambers is associated with a tubal system- either an inflow system of tubes or an outflow system. As one explores the structure it becomes fascinating to learn how each one of the components is uniquely designed and structured so that what appears at first to be a symmetrically designed system, turns out to be as asymmetrically symmetric as Picasso’s “Girl before a Mirror” (1932).
There are many unique structural characteristics of the myocardium including its syncytial nature, ability to act as a conduction system, and the intercalated discs that separate the individual cells.