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2. Coronary arteries - Wikipedia

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   The coronary arteries can constrict as a response to various stimuli, mostly chemical. This is known as a coronary reflex. There is also a rare condition known as spontaneous coronary artery dissection, in which the wall of one of the coronary arteries tears, causing severe pain. [10]

3. Coronary circulation - Wikipedia

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   Cast of coronary arteries (right = yellow, left = red) There are some anastomoses between branches of the two coronary arteries. However the coronary arteries are functionally end arteries and so these meetings are referred to as potential anastomoses, which lack function, as opposed to true anastomoses like that in the palm of the hand. This ...

4. File:Coronary arteries.svg - Wikipedia

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   English: Coronary circulation, with coronary arteries labeled in red text and other landmarks in blue text. This vector graphics image was originally created with Adobe Illustrator , and modified with Inkscape .

5. Anatomy of the human heart - Wikipedia

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   The heart is a muscular organ situated in the mediastinum.It consists of four chambers, four valves, two main arteries (the coronary arteries), and the conduction system. The left and right sides of the heart have different functions: the right side receives de-oxygenated blood through the superior and inferior venae cavae and pumps blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery, and the left ...

6. Heart - Wikipedia

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   Heart tissue receives blood from two arteries which arise just above the aortic valve. These are the left main coronary artery and the right coronary artery. The left main coronary artery splits shortly after leaving the aorta into two vessels, the left anterior descending and the left circumflex artery. The left anterior descending artery ...

7. Circulatory system - Wikipedia

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   The coronary circulation begins near the origin of the aorta by two coronary arteries: the right coronary artery and the left coronary artery. After nourishing the heart muscle, blood returns through the coronary veins into the coronary sinus and from this one into the right atrium.

8. Arterial tree - Wikipedia

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   Main page; Contents; ... 1.2 Left coronary artery. 2 Aortic arch. ... 2.2 left common carotid artery (directly from arch of aorta on left mostly)

9. File:Heart left lateral coronaries diagram.svg - Wikipedia

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   heart left lateal coronary arteries: Date: 23 December 2006: Source: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator: Author: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator: Permission (Reusing this file) Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License 2006