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It extends between the coronary sulcus, and the apex of the heart; [1] upon reaching the diaphragmatic surface of the heart, it ends at the notch of cardiac apex. [3] It contains the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery, and great cardiac vein. [1] [2]
The right coronary sulcus begins anteriorly and superiorly on the sternocostal surface of the heart. Its position is marked by the location of the right coronary artery, and small cardiac vein. The right coronary sulcus separates the right atrium and its atrial appendage from the right ventricle inferiorly. The right coronary sulcus then passes ...
The larger left anterior descending artery (LAD), is the second major branch arising from the left coronary artery. It follows the anterior interventricular sulcus around the pulmonary trunk. Along the way it gives rise to numerous smaller branches that interconnect with the branches of the posterior interventricular artery, forming anastomoses ...
Sometimes a third branch is formed at the fork between left anterior descending and left circumflex arteries, known as a ramus or intermediate artery. [5] The right coronary artery (RCA) originates within the right cusp of the aortic valve. It travels down the right coronary sulcus, towards the crux of the heart.
The coronary sinus runs transversely in the left atrioventricular groove (coronary sulcus) on the posterior aspect of the heart. [5] The sinus, before entering the right atrium, is considerably dilated - nearly to the size of the end of the little finger.
The great cardiac vein (left coronary vein) is a vein of the heart.It begins at the apex of the heart and ascends along the anterior interventricular sulcus [1] before joining the oblique vein of the left atrium to form the coronary sinus [2] upon the posterior surface of the heart.
The anterior interventricular sulcus and posterior interventricular sulcus extend from the base of the ventricular portion to a notch, the notch of cardiac apex, (or incisura apicis cordis) on the acute margin of the heart just to the right of the apex.
Interventricular sulcus may refer to: . Posterior interventricular sulcus, one of the two grooves that separates the ventricles of the heart, near the right margin; Anterior interventricular sulcus, one of two grooves that separates the ventricles of the heart, never the left margin