 ##  [Coronary Artery](/index.php/coronary-artery) 

  ##  [Coronary Artery](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/coronary-artery-0) 

  
 [![Health & Life Sciences Dictionary](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2026-01/Health%20%26%20Life%20Sciences.png.webp?itok=yyyaiQOY)](/index.php/topic-specific-dictionaries/health-life-sciences)


**Health &amp; Life Sciences Dictionary**

 
Definition

An arterial vessel originating from the aortic root (proximal aorta) that branches to deliver oxygenated blood to the myocardium and other structures of the heart; coronary arteries are anatomically distributed into major epicardial branches and progressively smaller intramyocardial branches that determine regional myocardial perfusion.