The posterior interventricular sulcus or posterior longitudinal sulcus is one of the two grooves that separates the
ventricles of the
heart
The heart is a muscular Organ (biology), organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as ca ...
and is on the
diaphragmatic surface of the heart near the right margin. The other groove is the
anterior interventricular sulcus, situated on the
sternocostal surface of the heart, close to its
left margin.
In it runs the
posterior interventricular artery and
middle cardiac vein.
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Cardiac anatomy
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