Right marginal vein

Right marginal vein
Right marginal vein
	Sternocostal surface of heart (right marginal vein not labeled, but is visible at bottom left)
Details
Drains to	Right atrium
Artery	Right marginal artery
Identifiers
Latin	vena marginalis dextra
TA98	A12.3.01.011
TA2	4167
FMA	4716
	Anatomical terminology [ edit on Wikidata]

Last updated July 19, 2025

The right marginal vein is a vein of the heart running along the inferior margin of the heart. It drains adjacent region of the right ventricle. It usually opens directly into the right atrium, but may sometimes instead empty into the anterior cardiac veins, or (less commonly) the coronary sinus.^[1]

The right marginal vein often considered as one of the anterior cardiac veins.^[1]

References

1 2 Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 1093. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[:224-1] 1 2 Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 1093. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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