Anatomy Flashcards
What are the names of the main coronary arteries?
Right coronary artery - Right marginal branch - Posterior ventricular artery Left coronary artery - Circumflex artery -Anterior interventricular artery (Left anterior descending artery)
Nodal branch (supplies SAN)
What are the first branches of the aorta?
Right and left coronary arteries
At what point do the coronary arteries fill with blood?
Diastole
The coronary arteries are blocked by the aortic valve during systole.
Which coronary artery supplies the septum?
Left Anterior Descending Artery
Which coronary artery supplies the inferior side of the heart?
Right coronary artery
Which coronary artery supplies the lateral side of the heart?
Circumflex
Which coronary artery supplies the anterior side of the heart?
Right coronary artery
Where can you find the left coronary artery?
Between the left auricular appendage and the pulmonary trunk.
When does the left coronary artery become the circumflex artery?
When it gives off the anterior inter-ventricular branch.
What is the coronary sinus?
It is a continuation of the great cardiac vein which receives most of the venous drainage of the heart
What lies in the Atrioventricular groove?
Right Coronary artery.
What supplies the AV node?
Posterior interventricular artery
What supplies the SA node?
Right coronary artery
What supplies the apex of the heart?
Anterior interventricular artery
