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middle cardiac vein
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middle cardiac vein
n.
A vein that begins at the apex of the heart and passes through the posterior interventricular sulcus to the coronary sinus.

middle cardiac vein,
one of the five tributaries of the coronary sinus that drain blood from the capillary bed of the myocardium. It starts at the apex of the heart, rises in the posterior interventricular sulcus, receives tributaries from both ventricles, and ends in the right extremity of the coronary sinus. Compare great cardiac vein, small cardiac vein.


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