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| What is the coronary sulcus? |
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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? |
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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? |
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Definition
It is the groove that marks the boundary between the ventricles posteriorly. It contains the posterior interventricular artery and the middle cadiac vein. |
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Term
| Arteries of the pericardium |
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Definition
1. internal thoracic 2. pericardiacophorenic 3. musculophrenic 4. interior phrenic 5. thoracic aorta |
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Definition
| azygos system of the veins |
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| nerves of the pericardium |
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Definition
1. vagus nerve 2. sympathetic trunk 3. phrenic nerve |
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