Right marginal vein
Right marginal vein | |
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Sternocostal surface of heart (right marginal vein not labeled, but is visible at bottom left) | |
Details | |
Drains to | Right atrium |
Artery | Right marginal artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | Vena marginalis dextra |
TA | A12.3.01.011 |
FMA | 4716 |
The right marginal vein is a small vein that drains blood from the heart. It passes along the inferior margin of the heart and joins the small cardiac vein (sometimes known as the right coronary vein) in the coronary sulcus, or opens directly into the right atrium.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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