Middle cardiac vein | |
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![]() Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Middle cardiac vein labeled at bottom.) | |
![]() 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 | |
Details | |
Drains to | Coronary sinus |
Artery | Posterior interventricular artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | vena cardiaca media, vena cordis media |
TA98 | A12.3.01.009 |
TA2 | 4165 |
FMA | 4713 |
Anatomical terminology |
The middle cardiac vein commences at the apex of the heart. It passes posteriorly along the inferior interventricular sulcus to end at the coronary sinus near the sinus' termination.[1]
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