RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right coronary artery mean? 

• RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY (noun)
  The noun RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. arises from the right aortic sinus; supplies the right side of the heart

  Familiarity information: RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arises from the right aortic sinus; supplies the right side of the heart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("right coronary artery" is a kind of...):

arteria coronaria; coronary artery (the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart)

 Context examples 

In an individual with a right-dominant heart, this is the first branch that arises from the right coronary artery distal to the right posterior descending artery, when counted from proximal to distal.

(First Right Posterolateral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The arteries that arise at the junction of the proximal and mid-right coronary artery conduit segments.

(Acute Marginal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The section of the right coronary artery between the right ventricular artery and the acute marginal artery.

(Mid-Right Coronary Artery Conduit, NCI Thesaurus)

The section of the right coronary artery distal to the origin of the acute marginal artery.

(Distal Right Coronary Artery Conduit, NCI Thesaurus)

The posterior descending artery (PDA) and posterolateral artery (PLA) arises from the right coronary artery.

(Coronary Artery Right Dominance, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The right coronary artery supplies the posterior descending artery (PDA) and the circumflex supplies the posterolateral artery (PLA).

(Co-Dominant Artery, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Thus, there is approximately equal contribution to the inferior surface of the left ventricle from both the left circumflex and right coronary arteries.

(Co-Dominant Artery, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)