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Definition of Coronary sinus
1. Noun. A short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart; empties into the right atrium.
Medical Definition of Coronary sinus
1. A short trunk receiving most of the cardiac veins, beginning at the junction of the great cardiac vein and the oblique vein of the left atrium, running in the posterior part of the coronary sulcus and emptying into the right atrium between the inferior vena cava and the atrioventricular orifice. Synonym: sinus coronarius. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coronary Sinus
Literary usage of Coronary sinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"It then curves to the left in the coronary sulcus, and reaching the back of the
heart, opens into the left extremity of the coronary sinus. ..."
2. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"SINUS CORONARY, VENOUS, coronary sinus of the heart. A name given, on account of
its great size, to that portion of the great coronary vein which embraces ..."
3. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"... and the latter at the opening of the coronary sinus, which are the representatives,
respectively, of the right and left ducts of Cuvier of the embryo. ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It ascends along the posterior interventricular groove to the base of the heart,
and terminates ¡n the coronary sinus, its orifice being guarded by a valve. ..."
5. The Physiology of the Circulation in Plants, in the Lower Animals, and in by James Bell Pettigrew (1874)
"C.—Nerve-plexus and ganglia on coronary sinus (/) and base of let ventricle (/)
of calf's heart. The ganglia (r) in this situation are for the most part ..."
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