What are the coronary arteries?
The coronary arteries is called the coronary arteries. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the arteries that supply the heart muscle itself.
What it is
- The arteries that supply the heart muscle itself.
- Two main branches — the left and right coronary arteries — arise from the base of the aorta.
- Named because they encircle the heart like a crown ('corona').
Where it is
- On the outer surface of the heart, running in the grooves between chambers.
- Arise from the aorta just above the aortic valve.
- Branch to reach every part of the heart wall.
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