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The coronary arteries supply the heart itself with necessary oxygen. When these arteries are blocked, it can cause a myocardial infarction (heart attack).

I think that the artery takes it through blood

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They are arteries which pump blood to the heart itself, as apposed to inside the heart to be pumped out again. They are elastic arteries as opposed to muscular arteries.

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The human body has two coronary arteries. These arteries stem from the aorta. These arteries are responsible for supplying the lower heart chambers with blood.

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They branch of the ascending aorta as it leaves the left ventricle.

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coronary artery is artery that supply blood to heart muscles...so found just above hearts

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The aorta is the origin of all arteries. Specifically, the coronary arteries originate at the ostia which is located just beyond the aortic valve between the left ventricle and aorta.

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Looking from behind the person, on the left and right sides respectively.

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Artery supplies o2 to the heart.

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