Right marginal branch of right coronary artery

Right marginal branch of right coronary artery
	Sternocostal surface of heart. (Right marginal artery not labeled, but is visible at bottom left.)
	ARTERIES:; RCA = right coronary; AB = atrial branches; SANB = sinuatrial nodal; RMA = right marginal; LCA = left coronary; CB = circumflex branch; LAD/AIB = anterior interventricular; LMA = left marginal; PIA/PDA = posterior descending; MARG = left marginal; AVN = atrioventricular nodal; ; VEINS:; SCV = small cardiac; ACV = anterior cardiac; AIV/GCV = great cardiac; MCV = middle cardiac; CS = coronary sinus
Details
Source	right coronary artery
Vein	right marginal vein
Identifiers
Latin	ramus marginalis dexter arteriae coronariae dextrae
TA	A12.2.03.106
FMA	3818
	Anatomical terminology;

The right marginal branch of right coronary artery (or right marginal artery) is a large marginal branch which follows the acute margin of the heart and supplies blood to both surfaces of the right ventricle.

Additional images

Coronary arteries (labeled in red text) and other major landmarks (in blue text). Right (acute) marginal artery is labeled at left in the image.

Human heart with coronary arteries

External links

Anatomy figure: 20:03-07 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Anterior view of the heart."
Image
Image at clevelandclinic.org

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