Organ or Tissue Function
coronary circulation
cor·o·nar·y cir·cu·la·tion
Subclass of:
Blood Circulation
Definitions related to coronary circulation:
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(heart circulation) Vessels, supply, and movement of blood through the heart induced by its pumping action.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The circulation of blood through the CORONARY VESSELS of the HEART.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Coronary circulation, part of the systemic circulatory system that supplies blood to and provides drainage from the tissues of the heart. In the human heart, two coronary arteries arise from the aorta just beyond the semilunar valves; during diastole, the increased aortic pressure above the valves...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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