Anterior interventricular sulcus

Anterior interventricular sulcus
Sternocostal surface of heart (sulcus visible at bottom right, but not labeled)
Heart of a dog. left ventricle anterior interventricular sulcus right ventricle conus arteriosus pulmonary artery Ligamentum arteriosum aortic arch brachiocephalic artery left subclavian artery right auricle left auricle fat pulmonary vein
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Sulcus interventricularis anterior
TA	A12.1.00.009
FMA	7177
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The anterior interventricular sulcus (or anterior longitudinal sulcus) is one of two grooves that separates the ventricles of the heart, the other being the posterior interventricular sulcus.

The anterior interventricular sulcus is situated on the sternocostal surface of the heart, close to its left margin.

The anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery runs in the sulcus along with the great cardiac vein.

References

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

External links

thoraxlesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (image only)
Anatomy photo:20:st-1102 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Anatomy of the heart

General

Surface

Internal

atria interatrial septum pectinate muscles terminal sulcus ventricles interventricular septum trabeculae carneae chordae tendineae papillary muscle valves cusps atrioventricular septum

cardiac skeleton intervenous tubercle

Chambers

Right heart	(venae cavae, coronary sinus) → right atrium (atrial appendage, fossa ovalis, limbus of fossa ovalis, crista terminalis, valve of inferior vena cava, valve of coronary sinus) → tricuspid valve → right ventricle (infundibulum, moderator band/septomarginal trabecula) → pulmonary valve → (pulmonary artery and pulmonary circulation)

Left heart	(pulmonary veins) → left atrium (atrial appendage) → mitral valve → left ventricle → aortic valve (aortic sinus) → (aorta and systemic circulation)

Layers

Endocardium	heart valves

Myocardium	Conduction system cardiac pacemaker SA node AV node bundle of His bundle branches Purkinje fibers

Pericardial cavity	pericardial sinus

Pericardium	fibrous pericardium sternopericardial ligaments serous pericardium epicardium/visceral layer fold of left vena cava

Blood supply

Coronary circulation

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