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Coronary Artery Anatomy

Aka: Coronary Artery Anatomy, Cardiac Vessel, Coronary Vessel, Coronary Artery

See Also
1. Cardiovascular Anatomy
Anatomy: Images
2. Lewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
3. Lewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
Anatomy
1. Heart vessel
  1. Intima (inner-most layer, lined by endothelium)
    1. Release Heparin, prostacyclin to prevent clots
  2. Media (smooth muscle layer)
    1. External elastic lamina seperates from adventitia
  3. Adventitia (outer-most layer)
    1. Composed of fibroblasts, collagen, proteoglycans
2. Coronary Artery course
  1. Right Coronary Artery (RCA)
  2. Left Coronary Artery (LCA)
    1. Left anterior descending artery (LAD)
      1. Divides into diagonal branches
    2. Left circumflex artery (LCX)
      1. Divides into obtuse marginal branches

Coronary artery (C0205042)
Definition (NCI)	A principal artery that originates in the aorta. It supplies blood to the muscular tissue of the heart.
Definition (FMA)	Systemic artery which supplies the heart.
Definition (NCI)	A principal artery that originates in the aorta. It supplies blood to the muscular tissue of the heart. (NCI)
Definition (CSP)	right and left arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle.
Concepts	Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023)
MSH	D003331
SnomedCT	41801008
English	Coronary artery, Coronary artery, NOS, CORONARY ARTERIES, coronary artery, CA - Coronary artery, 43 CORONARY ARTERIES, Arteriae cornarae, Coronary arteries set, Coronary arterial tree, Set of coronary arteries, Coronary arteries, CORONARY ARTERY, coronary arteries, Coronary artery structure (body structure), Coronary artery structure, 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
Dutch	Kransslagaders
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

Coronary Vessels (C0010075)
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
French	Vaisseaux coronaires, Vaisseau coronaire
German	Koronargefäße
Italian	Vasi coronarici
Dutch	Coronaire vaten, Arteriae coronariae, Coronairvaten, Vat, coronair-
Portuguese	Vasos Coronários, Artéria do Nodo Sinusal, Artéria do Nódulo Sinusal
Spanish	Vasos Coronarios
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)