The right marginal branch of right coronary artery (or right marginal artery) is the largest marginal branch of the right coronary artery. It follows the acute margin of the heart. It supplies blood to both surfaces of the right ventricle.
| Right marginal branch of right coronary artery | |
|---|---|
 Sternocostal surface of heart. (Right marginal artery not labeled, but is visible at bottom left.) | |
 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 | |
| Details | |
| Source | right coronary artery |
| Vein | right marginal vein |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ramus marginalis dexter arteriae coronariae dextrae |
| TA98 | A12.2.03.106 |
| TA2 | 4137 |
| FMA | 3818 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
Structure
editThe right marginal branch is the largest branch to split off from the right coronary artery.[1][2] It often anastomoses with the nearby parallel posterior interventricular artery, which itself is usually a continuation of the right coronary artery.[3]
Variation
editThe right marginal branch may reach the distal part of the posterior interventricular sulcus.[3]
Function
editThe right marginal branch primarily supplies the right ventricle.[2][4]
Additional images
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Human heart with coronary arteries
References
edit- ^ Aggeli, Constantina; Mavrogeni, Sofia; Tousoulis, Dimitris (2018-01-01), Tousoulis, Dimitris (ed.), "Chapter 3.5.1 - Non-invasive Imaging Techniques in Coronary Artery Disease", Coronary Artery Disease, Academic Press, pp. 337–358, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-811908-2.00017-9, ISBN 978-0-12-811908-2, retrieved 2020-11-18
- ^ a b Antonopoulos, Alexios S.; Siasos, Gerasimos; Antoniades, Charalambos; Tousoulis, Dimitris (2018-01-01), Tousoulis, Dimitris (ed.), "Chapter 2.1 - Functional Anatomy", Coronary Artery Disease, Academic Press, pp. 121–126, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-811908-2.00008-8, ISBN 978-0-12-811908-2, retrieved 2020-11-18
- ^ a b Sivananthan, M. (2018-01-01), "Coronary Anatomy", in Vasan, Ramachandran S.; Sawyer, Douglas B. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine, Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 691–699, ISBN 978-0-12-805154-2, retrieved 2021-01-08
- ^ Wu, Justina C. (2019-01-01), Solomon, Scott D.; Wu, Justina C.; Gillam, Linda D. (eds.), "18 - Acute Myocardial Infarction", Essential Echocardiography, Elsevier, pp. 195–199.e1, ISBN 978-0-323-39226-6, retrieved 2021-01-08
External links
edit- Anatomy figure: 20:03-07 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Anterior view of the heart."
- Image
- Image at clevelandclinic.org
