Left marginal artery

Left marginal artery

Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Left marginal artery not visible, but would be near center left.)

Details
Source circumflex artery
Vein left marginal vein
Supplies left ventricle
Identifiers
Latin ramus marginalis sinister arteriae coronariae sinistrae
Dorlands
/Elsevier
r_02/12690727
TA A12.2.03.209
FMA 3902

Anatomical terminology

The left marginal artery (or obtuse marginal artery) is a branch of the circumflex artery, originating at the left atrioventricular sulcus, traveling along the left margin of heart towards the apex of the heart.

See also

Additional images

Coronary arteries (labeled in red text) and other major landmarks (in blue text). Left marginal artery is labeled at right.


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