Left marginal vein

The great cardiac vein receives tributaries from the left atrium and from both ventricles: one, the left marginal vein, is of considerable size, and ascends along the left margin of the heart.[1]

Left marginal vein
Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Left marginal vein labeled at center left.)
Details
Drains fromLeft ventricle
Drains toGreat cardiac vein
ArteryLeft marginal artery
Identifiers
LatinVena marginalis sinistra
TA98A12.3.01.005
TA24161
FMA4708
Anatomical terminology

References

  1. Standring, Susan. Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice (41 ed.). Elsevier Limited. pp. 994–1023. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 642 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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