CARDIAC VESSELS AR ATLAS
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CARDIAC VESSELS
AR Figure 99 – Cardiac vessels: Inferior view, Augmented Illustration by B. Leahu – MD. This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
Cardiac vessels: Also known as the coronary vessels, are a complex network of arteries and veins that supply oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to the heart muscle while removing waste products.
CARDIAC ARTERIES
Cardiac arteries: These are the two main vessels that branch off from the aorta. They originate from the aortic sinuses and follow a course along the atrioventricular groove.
CARDIAC VEINS
AR Figure 100 – Cardiac vessels: Inferior view, Augmented Illustration by B. Leahu – MD. This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
Cardiac veins: These are a network of veins that drain blood from the heart’s muscle (myocardium) back into the right atrium.
Coronary sinus: The main vein of the heart, it collects blood from the cardiac veins and empties into the right atrium.
Anterior cardiac veins: Small veins that drain the anterior surface of the right ventricle directly into the right atrium.
Smallest cardiac veins: Also known as Thebesian veins, they are minute veins that drain directly into the heart chambers, mainly the right atrium and right ventricle.
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