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Smallest cardiac veins
Small veins in the walls of all four heart chambers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The smallest cardiac veins (also known as the Thebesian veins (named for Adam Christian Thebesius)) are small, valveless veins in the walls of all four heart chambers[1] that drain venous blood from the myocardium[2] directly into any of the heart chambers.[3]
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Latin | venae cardiacae minimae, venae cordis minimae |
TA98 | A12.3.01.013 |
TA2 | 4169 |
FMA | 71568 |
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They are most abundant in the right atrium, and least abundant in the left ventricle.[4][better source needed]