Definition of Sinus coronarius

1. Noun. A short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart; empties into the right atrium.

Exact synonyms: Coronary Sinus
Generic synonyms: Sinus, Venous Sinus

Medical Definition of Sinus coronarius

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 Sinus Coronarius

sinuously
sinuousness
sinuousnesses
sinupalliate
sinus
sinus alae parvae
sinus anales
sinus aortae
sinus arrest
sinus arrhythmia
sinus barotrauma
sinus bradycardia
sinus caroticus
sinus cavernosus
sinus circularis
sinus coronarius (current term)
sinus durae matris
sinus ethmoidales
sinus ethmoidales anteriores
sinus ethmoidales mediae
sinus ethmoidales posteriores
sinus frontalis
sinus headache
sinus histiocytosis
sinus intercavernosi
sinus lactiferi
sinus laryngeus
sinus lienis

Literary usage of Sinus coronarius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"Circular, of Ridley, sinus coronarius — s. ... SINUS, CORONARY, sinus coronarius — s. Coronary of the heart, Sinus coronary, venous. ..."

2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1854)
"Circular, of Ridley, sinus coronarius — ?. Cir- cularis, S. coronarius — s. ... SINUS, CORONARY, sinus coronarius — s. Coronary of the heart, Sinns coronary ..."

3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science ... with French and Other by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"Circular, of Ridley, sinus coronarius — I. Cir- cularis, S. coronarius — s. ... Si.vus, CORONARY, sinus coronarius — s. Coronary of the heart, ..."

4. The Blood Supply to the Heart in Its Anatomical and Clinical Aspects by Louis Gross (1921)
"The opening of the sinus coronarius into the right auricle is obliterated. Extending out from the right auricles, through an opening Hanked by a low valvula ..."

5. Text-book of the Embryology of Man and Mammals by Oscar Hertwig, Edward Laurens Mark (1901)
"308, 309); the right (*), on the contrary, persists at the mouth of the inferior vena cava and of the sinus coronarius, and is divided, corresponding to ..."

6. Text-book of the Embryology of Man and Mammals by Oscar Hertwig, Edward Laurens Mark (1892)
"308, 309) • the right (*), on the contrary, persists at the mouth of the inferior vena cava and of the sinus coronarius, and is divided, corresponding to ..."

7. Text-book of the Embryology of Man and Mammals by Oscar Hertwig, Edward Laurens Mark (1892)
"308, 309); the right (*), on the contrary, persists at the mouth of the inferior vena cava and of the sinus coronarius, and is divided, corresponding to ..."

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