Posterior interventricular sulcus

Posterior interventricular sulcus
Posterior interventricular sulcus
	Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Posterior interventricular sulcus visible at lower left, where the middle cardiac vein is labeled.)
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Identifiers
Latin	sulcus interventricularis posterior
TA98	A12.1.00.010
TA2	3944
FMA	7178
	Anatomical terminology [ edit on Wikidata]

Last updated July 19, 2025

The posterior interventricular sulcus or posterior longitudinal sulcus is one of the two grooves separating the ventricles of the heart (the other being the anterior interventricular sulcus). They can be known as subsinosal interventricular groove or paraconal interventricular groove respectively. It is located on the diaphragmatic surface of the heart^[1]^[2] near the right margin.^[2] It extends between the coronary sulcus and the (notch of^[2]) apex of the heart. It contains the posterior interventricular artery and middle cardiac vein.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 Morton, David A. (2019). The Big Picture: Gross Anatomy. K. Bo Foreman, Kurt H. Albertine (2nd ed.). New York. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-259-86264-9. OCLC 1044772257.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
1 2 3 4 Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 527.

External links

thoraxlesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

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[:1-1] 1 2 Morton, David A. (2019). The Big Picture: Gross Anatomy. K. Bo Foreman, Kurt H. Albertine (2nd ed.). New York. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-259-86264-9. OCLC 1044772257.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:3-2] 1 2 3 4 Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 527.

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