cardiac vein

cardiac vein: cardiac vein n any of the veins returning the blood from the tissues of the heart that open into the right atrium either directly or through the coronary sinus: as

a) one that begins at the apex of the lower part of the heart, ascends in the sulcus between the ventricles in front, and curves around the heart to the left to join the coronary sinus in back called also great cardiac vein

b) one that begins at the apex of the lower part of the heart and ascends along the sulcus between the ventricles in back to join the right extremity of the coronary sinus called also middle cardiac vein

c) a vein that drains blood from the back of the atrium and ventricle on the right side of the heart, passes along the coronary sulcus, and empties into the coronary sinus near its opening into the right atrium called also small cardiac vein

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Middle cardiac vein — Vein: Middle cardiac vein Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Middle cardiac vein labeled at bottom.) … Wikipedia
cardiac vein — noun : any of the veins returning the blood from the tissues of the heart that open into the right auricle either directly or through the coronary sinus … Useful english dictionary
Small cardiac vein — Infobox Vein Name = PAGENAME Latin = vena cordis parva GraySubject = 166 GrayPage = 642 Caption = Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. Caption2 = ARTERIES: RCA = right coronary AB = atrial branches SANB = sinuatrial nodal RMA = right marginal … Wikipedia
Great cardiac vein — Infobox Vein Name = PAGENAME Latin = vena cordis magna, vena cardiaca magna GraySubject = 166 GrayPage = 642 Caption = Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Great cardiac vein labeled at center left.) Caption2 = Pulmonary vessels, seen in a… … Wikipedia
great cardiac vein — n CARDIAC VEIN (a) … Medical dictionary
middle cardiac vein — n CARDIAC VEIN (b) … Medical dictionary
small cardiac vein — n CARDIAC VEIN (c) … Medical dictionary
cardiac vein great — vena cardiaca magna … Medical dictionary
cardiac vein middle — vena cardiaca media … Medical dictionary
cardiac vein small — vena cardiaca parva … Medical dictionary

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