Posterior interventricular sulcus
Posterior interventricular sulcus | |
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Identifiers | |
Latin | Sulcus interventricularis posterior |
TA98 | A12.1.00.010 |
TA2 | 3944 |
FMA | 7178 |
Anatomical terminology |
The posterior interventricular sulcus or posterior longitudinal sulcus is one of the two grooves that separates the ventricles of the heart and is on the diaphragmatic surface of the heart near the right margin. The other groove is the anterior interventricular sulcus, situated on the sternocostal surface of the heart, close to its left margin.
In it runs the posterior interventricular artery and middle cardiac vein.
References[]
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 527 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links[]
- thoraxlesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
Categories:
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- Cardiac anatomy
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