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The saddle shaped mitral annulus is fixed to a non-planar rigid housing disc mounted to a semi-rigid circular tube of length 16cm (not shown). The chordae are anchored to two papillary attachment points. These structures are all immersed in a 16cm × 10cm × 10cm rectangular fluid box.
