Posterior vein of the left ventricle

Posterior vein of the left ventricle
Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Posterior vein of the left ventricle labeled at lower left.)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	vena ventriculi sinistri posterior
TA98	A12.3.01.006
TA2	4162
FMA	4712
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The posterior vein of the left ventricle runs on the diaphragmatic surface of the left ventricle to the coronary sinus, but may end in the great cardiac vein.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 643 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Veins of the thorax and vertebral column

Thorax

Heart

Coronary sinus	Great cardiac (Left marginal) Posterior of the left ventricle Oblique of the left atrium (Ligament of the left vena cava) Middle cardiac
Small cardiac vein	Anterior cardiac (Right marginal)

Lungs

Pulmonary veins

superior
vena cava

Brachiocephalic	internal thoracic anterior intercostal superior epigastric left superior intercostal supreme vertebral subclavian axillary: lateral thoracic thoracoepigastric dorsal scapular external jugular pericardiacophrenic internal jugular
Azygos	right superior intercostal bronchial intercostal/posterior intercostal 5-11 accessory hemiazygos/hemiazygos superior phrenic