Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
Upper: Sternocostal surface of the heart showing the origin of the coronary artery and its branches.
Lower:Posteroinferior surface of the heart showing distribution of the circumflex branch. AD - anterior descending (three primary branches); Av - aortic valve; C circumflex; IVC - inferior vena cava; M - left marginal; Rc - representing right coronary; tRc - termination of branch representing right coronary.
redrawn from Chander and Jit, 1957.
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