CORONARY SINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coronary sinus mean? 

• CORONARY SINUS (noun)
  The noun CORONARY SINUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CORONARY SINUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORONARY SINUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

coronary sinus; sinus coronarius

Hypernyms ("coronary sinus" is a kind of...):

sinus; venous sinus (a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel)

 Context examples 

A vein originating at the apex of the heart that ascends along the posterior interventricular sulcus and drains into the coronary sinus.

(Middle Cardiac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

Terminology associated with the reason coronary sinus access or left ventricular lead not implanted codelist of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC SDTM Reason Coronary Sinus Access or Left Ventricular Lead Not Implanted Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

The coronary sinus / left ventricular lead was not implanted because the lead position resulted in undesirable stimulation of the diaphragm.

(Cardiac Lead Position Results in Undesirable Stimulation of Diaphragm, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

A vein originating at the apex of the heart that receives numerous tributaries as it ascends before draining into the left extremity of the coronary sinus.

(Great Cardiac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

A small mass of specialized cardiac muscle fibers, located near the ostium of the coronary sinus and giving rise to the atrioventricular bundle of the conduction system of the heart.

(Atrioventricular Node, NCI Thesaurus)