Middle cardiac vein

Vein: Middle cardiac vein
Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Middle cardiac vein labeled at bottom.)
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 AVN = atrioventricular nodal VEINS: SCV = small cardiac ACV = anterior cardiac AIV/GCV = great cardiac MCV = middle cardiac CS = coronary sinus
Latin	vena cardiaca media, vena cordis media
Gray's	subject #166 642
Drains to	coronary sinus
Artery	posterior interventricular artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	v_05/12849706

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The middle cardiac vein commences at the apex of the heart, ascends in the posterior longitudinal sulcus, and ends in the coronary sinus near its right extremity.

External links

• SUNY Figs 20:04-05 - "Posterior view of the heart."

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