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| Vein: Small cardiac vein | |
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| Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. | |
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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 | vena cordis parva |
| Gray's | subject #166 642 |
| Drains to | coronary sinus |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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The small cardiac vein (right coronary vein or vena cardiaca parva) runs in the coronary sulcus between the right atrium and ventricle, and opens into the right extremity of the coronary sinus.
It receives blood from the back of the right atrium and ventricle; the right marginal vein ascends along the right margin of the heart and joins it in the coronary sulcus, or opens directly into the right atrium.
External links
- SUNY Figs 20:03-07 - "Anterior view of the heart."
- small+cardiac+vein at eMedicine Dictionary
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