Right marginal branch of right coronary artery

Right marginal branch of right coronary artery
Artery: Right marginal branch of right coronary artery
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Sternocostal surface of heart. (Right marginal artery not labeled, but is visible at bottom 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
MARG = left marginal
AVN = atrioventricular nodal

VEINS:
SCV = small cardiac
ACV = anterior cardiac
AIV/GCV = great cardiac
MCV = middle cardiac
CS = coronary sinus
Latin ramus marginalis dexter arteriae coronariae dextrae
Gray's subject #142 547
Source right coronary artery   
Vein right marginal vein

The right marginal branch of right coronary artery (or right marginal artery) is a large marginal branch which follows the acute margin of the heart and supplies branches to both surfaces of the right ventricle.

Additional images

Coronary arteries (labeled in red text) and other major landmarks (in blue text). Right (acute) marginal artery is labeled at left in the image.

  • Human heart with coronary arteries

External links

v · d · eList of arteries of torso · chest (TA A12.2.01–04,11, GA 6.598)
Pulmonary
Right pulmonary artery · Left pulmonary artery (Ligamentum arteriosum)
Coronary
Ascending aorta/
aortic arch
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Descending/
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