Right marginal vein

Right marginal vein
	Sternocostal surface of heart (right marginal vein not labeled, but is visible at bottom left)
Details
Drains to	Right atrium
Artery	Right marginal artery
Identifiers
Latin	Vena marginalis dextra
TA	A12.3.01.011
FMA	4716
	Anatomical terminology

The right marginal vein is a small vein that drains blood from the heart.[1] It passes along the inferior margin of the heart and joins the small cardiac vein (sometimes known as the right coronary vein) in the coronary sulcus, or opens directly into the right atrium.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 642 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Standring, Susan. Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice (41 ed.). Elsevier Limited. pp. 994–1023. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9.

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[1] Standring, Susan. Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice (41 ed.). Elsevier Limited. pp. 994–1023. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9.