Posterior interventricular sulcus

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Posterior interventricular sulcus
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Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Sulcus visible at center but not labeled.)
Latin sulcus interventricularis anterior
Gray's subject #138 527

The ventricles are separated by two grooves, one of which, the anterior longitudinal sulcus, is situated on the sternocostal surface of the heart, close to its left margin, the other posterior longitudinal sulcus (posterior interventricular sulcus, inferior interventricular groove), on the diaphragmatic surface near the right margin.

In it run the posterior interventricular artery and middle cardiac vein.

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