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  2. Coronary arteries - Wikipedia

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    The coronary arteries are the arterial blood vessels of coronary circulation, which transport oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. The heart requires a continuous supply of oxygen to function and survive, much like any other tissue or organ of the body.

  3. Coronary circulation - Wikipedia

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    The circumflex artery arises from the left coronary artery and follows the coronary sulcus to the left. Eventually, it will fuse with the small branches of the right coronary artery. The larger left anterior descending artery (LAD), is the second major branch arising from the left coronary artery. It follows the anterior interventricular sulcus ...

  4. File:Circulatory System en.svg - Wikipedia

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    Draw in layers to made easy the modifications. Correction of the position of many of the arteries, veins and heart. Correction of too large abdomen and too small kidneys. Added venous sinuses. Arrows with heads, and different color to facilitate the location of the items. Colour text to improve the location of arteries and veins.

  5. Crux cordis - Wikipedia

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    The crux cordis or crux of the heart (from Latin "crux" meaning "cross") is the area on the lower back side of the heart where the coronary sulcus (the groove separating the atria from the ventricles) and the posterior interventricular sulcus (the groove separating the left from the right ventricle) meet. [1]

  6. Anatomy of the human heart - Wikipedia

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    The heart is a muscular organ situated in the mediastinum.It consists of four chambers, four valves, two main arteries (the coronary arteries), and the conduction system. The left and right sides of the heart have different functions: the right side receives de-oxygenated blood through the superior and inferior venae cavae and pumps blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery, and the left ...

  7. File:Cardiac vessels.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: This is a svg version of File:Cardiac_vessels.png.LCA: Left Coronary Artery, RCA: Right Coronary Artery (=MARG: Marginal branch), CB: Circumflex branch, LAD ...

  8. File:Coronary arteries.svg - Wikipedia

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    Solved pulmonary artery line too thin: 22:55, 22 November 2020: 1,047 × 673 (366 KB) Jmarchn: Better draw: Added Pulmonary artery, blue color for venous blood and text to path layer. 17:16, 22 November 2020: 1,047 × 673 (95 KB) Jmarchn: Solved label alignment problem: 17:05, 22 November 2020: 1,047 × 673 (97 KB) Jmarchn: Better draw.

  9. Circulatory system - Wikipedia

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    In vertebrates, the circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the body. [1] [2] It includes the cardiovascular system, or vascular system, that consists of the heart and blood vessels (from Greek kardia meaning heart, and Latin vascula meaning vessels).