Circumflex branch of left coronary artery
The circumflex branch of left coronary artery (also known as the left circumflex artery, or circumflex artery) is a branch of the left coronary artery. It winds around the left side of the heart along the atrioventricular groove (coronary sulcus). It supplies the posterolateral portion of the left ventricle.
| Circumflex branch of left coronary artery | |
|---|---|
Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Circumflex branch not visible, but would be near the coronary sinus.) | |
Base of ventricles exposed by removal of the atria. (Circumflex branch not visible, but bifurcation of left coronary artery visible at left.) | |
| Details | |
| Source | Left coronary artery |
| Branches | Left atrial branch left marginal artery posterolateral artery sinuatrial nodal artery (in some people) posterior interventricular artery (in some people) |
| Supplies | Posterolateral left ventricle, anterolateral papillary muscle, the sinoatrial nodal artery in 38% of people. |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ramus circumflexus arteriae coronariae sinistrae |
| TA98 | A12.2.03.206 |
| TA2 | 4148 |
| FMA | 3895 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
In a minority of individuals, the left circumflex artery gives rise to the posterior interventricular artery, in which cases such a heart is deemed left dominant.
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