II. Anatomy: Images
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Lewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
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Lewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
III. Anatomy
- Heart vessel
- Intima (inner-most layer, lined by endothelium)
- Release Heparin, prostacyclin to prevent clots
- Media (Smooth Muscle layer)
- External elastic lamina seperates from adventitia
- Adventitia (outer-most layer)
- Composed of fibroblasts, Collagen, proteoglycans
- Intima (inner-most layer, lined by endothelium)
- Coronary Artery course
- Right Coronary Artery (RCA)
- Left Coronary Artery (LCA)
- Left anterior descending artery (LAD)
- Divides into diagonal branches
- Left circumflex artery (LCX)
- Divides into obtuse marginal branches
- Left anterior descending artery (LAD)
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Related Studies
| Definition (MSH) | The veins and arteries of the HEART. |
| Definition (CSP) | veins and arteries of the heart. |
| Concepts | Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023) |
| MSH | D003331 |
| English | Coronary Vessel, Coronary Vessels, Vessel, Coronary, Vessels, Coronary, coronary vessel, coronary vessels, vessel coronary |
| Swedish | Kranskärl |
| Czech | koronární cévy |
| Finnish | Sepelsuonet |
| Russian | VENECHNYE SOSUDY, KORONARNYE SOSUDY, ВЕНЕЧНЫЕ СОСУДЫ, КОРОНАРНЫЕ СОСУДЫ |
| Polish | Naczynia wieńcowe |
| Norwegian | Coronarkar, Koronarkar |
| Portuguese | Artéria do Nodo Sinusal, Artéria do Nódulo Sinusal, Vasos Coronários |
| French | Vaisseaux coronaires, Vaisseau coronaire |
| German | Koronargefäße |
| Italian | Vasi coronarici |
| Dutch | Coronaire vaten, Arteriae coronariae, Coronairvaten, Vat, coronair- |
| Spanish | Vasos Coronarios |
Ontology: Coronary artery (C0205042)
| Definition (FMA) | Systemic artery which supplies the heart. |
| Definition (NCI_CDISC) | A principal artery that originates in the aorta. It supplies blood to the muscular tissue of the heart. (NCI) |
| Definition (NCI) | A principal artery that originates in the aorta. It supplies blood to the muscular tissue of the heart. |
| Definition (CSP) | right and left arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle. |
| Concepts | Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023) |
| MSH | D003331 |
| SnomedCT | 41801008 |
| LNC | LP34720-0, MTHU011042 |
| English | Coronary artery, CA - Coronary artery, Arteriae cornarae, Coronary arteries set, Coronary arterial tree, Set of coronary arteries, Coronary arteries, coronary arteries, coronary artery, ARTERY, CORONARY, CORONARY ARTERY, Coronary artery structure (body structure), Coronary artery structure, Coronary artery, NOS, Arteries, Coronary, Artery, Coronary, Coronary Artery, Coronary Arteries |
| Portuguese | Artérias Coronárias |
| Spanish | Arterias Coronarias, estructura de la arteria coronaria, estructura de la arteria coronaria (estructura corporal), estructura de arteria coronaria (estructura corporal), estructura de arteria coronaria, arteria coronaria |
| French | Artères coronaires |
| German | Koronararterien |
| Czech | koronární artérie, věnčité tepny |
| Norwegian | Kransarterier, Coronararterier, Koronararterier, Arteriae coronariae |
| Italian | Arterie coronarie, Arterie coronariche |
| Dutch | Kransslagaders |
