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| Vein: Anterior cardiac veins | |
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| Sternocostal surface of heart.(Anterior cardiac veins not labeled, but visible at left.) | |
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| ARTERIES: RCA = right coronary AB = atrial branches SANB = sinuatrial nodal RMA = right marginal LCA = left coronary CB = circumflex branch LAD/AIB = anterior interventricular LMA = left marginal PIA/PDA = posterior descending AVN = atrioventricular nodal VEINS: SCV = small cardiac ACV = anterior cardiac AIV/GCV = great cardiac MCV = middle cardiac CS = coronary sinus |
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| Latin | venae cardiacae anteriores, venae ventriculi dextri anteriores |
| Gray's | subject #166 643 |
| Drains to | right atrium |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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The anterior cardiac veins (or anterior veins of right ventricle), comprising three or four small vessels which collect blood from the front of the right ventricle and open into the right atrium; the right marginal vein frequently opens into the right atrium, and is therefore sometimes regarded as belonging to this group
Unlike most cardiac veins, it does not end in the coronary sinus.
External links
- anterior+cardiac+veins at eMedicine Dictionary
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