Right marginal branch of right coronary artery

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Artery: Right marginal branch of right coronary artery
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Sternocostal surface of heart. (Right marginal artery not labeled, but is visible at bottom left.)
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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
MARG = left marginal
AVN = atrioventricular nodal

VEINS:
SCV = small cardiac
ACV = anterior cardiac
AIV/GCV = great cardiac
MCV = middle cardiac
CS = coronary sinus
Latin ramus marginalis dexter arteriae coronariae dextrae
Gray's subject #142 547
Source right coronary artery   
Vein right marginal vein

The right marginal branch of right coronary artery (or right marginal artery) is a large marginal branch which follows the acute margin of the heart and supplies branches to both surfaces of the right ventricle.

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Coronary arteries (labeled in red text) and other major landmarks (in blue text). Right (acute) marginal artery is labeled at left in the image.

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