ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Coronary arteries supply blood to the heart muscle. Like all other tissues in the body, the heart muscle needs oxygen-rich blood to function. Also, oxygen-depleted blood must be carried away. The coronary arteries wrap around the outside of the heart.

Detailed explanation-2: -Coronary circulation is the circulation of blood in the arteries and veins that supply the heart muscle (myocardium). Coronary arteries supply oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. Cardiac veins then drain away the blood after it has been deoxygenated.

Detailed explanation-3: -Coronary Circulation The aorta (the main blood supplier to the body) branches off into two main coronary blood vessels (also called arteries). These coronary arteries branch off into smaller arteries, which supply oxygen-rich blood to the entire heart muscle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Coronary perfusion pressure During systole, intramuscular blood vessels are compressed and twisted by the contracting heart muscle and blood flow to the left ventricle is at its lowest. The force is greatest in the subendocardial layers where it approximates to intramyocardial pressure.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is the component of systemic circulation, which is responsible for the drainage of blood to and from the cardiac musculature. The aorta gives rise to two coronary arteries (right and left), just beyond the opening of the semilunar valves.