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South college
Thorax 2
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Anatomy
Graduate
10/24/2008

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Term
What is the coronary sulcus?
Definition

It is a groove that encircles the heart and marks the boundary between the atria and the ventricles.  It contains the right coronary artery, cardia vein, coronary sinus, and the circumflex branch of the left artery.

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What is the anterior interventricular sulcus?
Definition

It is a groove that marks the boundary of the ventricles anteriorly.  It contains the interventricular artery and the great cardia vein.

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What is the posterior inteventricular sulcus?
Definition

It is the groove that marks the boundary between the ventricles posteriorly.  It contains the posterior interventricular artery and the middle cadiac vein.

Term
Arteries of the pericardium
Definition

1. internal thoracic      

2. pericardiacophorenic

3. musculophrenic       

4. interior phrenic       

5. thoracic aorta         

Term
Veins of the pericardium
Definition
azygos system of the veins
Term
nerves of the pericardium
Definition

1. vagus nerve        

2. sympathetic trunk

3. phrenic nerve      

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