posterior interventricular (descending) artery

Origin: right coronary artery Distribution: 1) posterior wall 2) inferior wall/apex Anastomosis: left anterior descending artery Course: -> runs on the posterior surface of the heart descending towards the posterior termination of the left anterior descending artery (LAD)

General

artery heart structure

Properties

FORM: posterior interventricular (descending) artery ORIGIN: right coronary artery (RCA)

References

Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999