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{{Infobox Vein |
  Name        = {{PAGENAME}} |
  Latin       = vena cordis parva |
  GraySubject = 166 |
  GrayPage    = 642 |
  Image       = Gray556.png |
  Caption     = [[Base of heart|Base]] and [[diaphragmatic surface]] of [[heart]]. |
  Image2      = Cardiac vessels.png |
  Caption2    = '''ARTERIES:'''<BR>RCA = [[right coronary artery|right coronary]]<BR>AB = [[atrial branches of coronary arteries|atrial branches]]<BR>SANB = [[sinuatrial nodal artery|sinuatrial nodal]]<BR>RMA = [[right marginal branch of right coronary artery|right marginal]]<BR>LCA = [[left coronary artery|left coronary]]<BR>CB = [[circumflex branch of left coronary artery|circumflex branch]]<BR>LAD/AIB = [[anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery|anterior interventricular]]<BR>LMA = [[left marginal artery|left marginal]]<BR>PIA/PDA = [[posterior interventricular artery|posterior descending]]<BR>AVN = [[atrioventricular nodal branch|atrioventricular nodal]]<BR><BR>'''VEINS:'''<BR>SCV = [[small cardiac vein|small cardiac]]<BR>ACV = [[anterior cardiac veins|anterior cardiac]]<BR>AIV/GCV = [[great cardiac vein|great cardiac]]<BR>MCV = [[middle cardiac vein|middle cardiac]]<BR>CS = [[coronary sinus]] |
  DrainsFrom  = |
  DrainsTo    = [[coronary sinus]] |
  Artery      = |
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  DorlandsPre = v_05 |
  DorlandsSuf = 12849729  |
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The '''small cardiac vein''' ('''right coronary vein''') runs in the [[coronary sulcus]] between the [[right atrium]] and ventricle, and opens into the right extremity of the [[coronary sinus]]. 

It receives blood from the back of the right atrium and ventricle; the [[right marginal vein]] ascends along the right margin of the heart and joins it in the coronary sulcus, or opens directly into the right atrium.

==External links==
* {{SUNYAnatomyFigs|20|03|07}} - "Anterior view of the heart."
* {{eMedicineDictionary|small+cardiac+vein}}

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[[Category:Veins]]
[[Category:Anatomy]]
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