| Artery: Left marginal artery | |
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| Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Left marginal artery not visible, but would be near center left.) | |
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| ARTERIES: RCA = right coronary AB = atrial branches SANB = sinuatrial nodal RMA = right marginal LCA = left coronary CB = circumflex branch LAD/AIB = anterior interventricular LMA = left marginal PIA/PDA = posterior descending AVN = atrioventricular nodal VEINS: SCV = small cardiac ACV = anterior cardiac AIV/GCV = great cardiac MCV = middle cardiac CS = coronary sinus |
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| Latin | ramus marginalis sinister arteriae coronariae sinistrae |
| Supplies | left ventricle |
| Source | circumflex artery |
| Drain | left marginal vein |
The left marginal artery (or obtuse marginal artery) is a branch of the circumflex artery, originating at the posterior interventricular sulcus, traveling along the left margin of heart towards the apex of the heart.
See also
External links
- 275447867 at GPnotebook
- SUNY Labs 20:09-0106 - "Heart: The Left Coronary Artery and its Branches"
- SUNY Figs 20:04-02 - "Posterior view of the heart."
- Definition at medcyclopaedia.com
- Image at texheartsurgeons.com
- Overview and diagrams at cardiologysite.com
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