Posterior vein of the left ventricle

Posterior vein of the left ventricle
Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Posterior Vein of the Left Ventricle labeled at lower left.)
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Identifiers
Latin	Vena ventriculi sinistri posterior
TA	A12.3.01.006
FMA	4712
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The posterior vein of the left ventricle runs on the diaphragmatic surface of the left ventricle to the coronary sinus, but may end in the great cardiac vein.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Coronary sinus	Great cardiac (Left marginal) Posterior of the left ventricle Oblique of the left atrium (Ligament of the left vena cava) Middle cardiac

Small cardiac vein	Anterior cardiac (Right marginal)

Smallest cardiac veins	Right atrial veins Right ventricular veins

Brachiocephalic	internal thoracic anterior intercostal superior epigastric left superior intercostal supreme vertebral subclavian axillary: lateral thoracic thoracoepigastric dorsal scapular external jugular pericardiacophrenic internal jugular

Azygos	right superior intercostal bronchial intercostal/posterior intercostal 5-11 accessory hemiazygos/hemiazygos superior phrenic

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