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coronary vein

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coronary vein
n.
Any of the veins that drain blood from the muscular tissue of the heart and empty into the coronary sinus.

coronary vein,
one of the veins of the heart that drain blood from the capillary beds of the myocardium through the coronary sinus into the right atrium. A few small coronary veins that collect blood from a small area in the right ventricle drain directly into the right atrium.


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