Beginner Coronary Arteries Quiz

Q1. What is the main function of the coronary arteries?

• Drain the pericardium
• Drain the myocardium
• Supply the lungs
• Supply the myocardium

Q2. From which vessel do the coronary arteries arise?

• Superior vena cava
• Pulmonary trunk
• Ascending aorta
• Aortic arch

Q3. How many main coronary arteries normally arise from the aortic root?

• Two
• One
• Four
• Three

Q4. Which coronary artery arises from the right aortic sinus?

• Right coronary artery
• Left coronary artery
• Anterior interventricular artery
• Circumflex artery

Q5. Which coronary artery arises from the left aortic sinus?

• Posterior interventricular artery
• Right marginal artery
• Left coronary artery
• Right coronary artery

Q6. Which major artery usually branches from the left coronary artery and enters the anterior interventricular sulcus?

• Right marginal artery
• SA nodal artery
• Posterior interventricular artery
• Anterior interventricular artery

Q7. What is another common name for the anterior interventricular artery?

• Great cardiac artery
• Posterior descending vein
• Left anterior descending artery
• Right marginal artery

Q8. Which major branch of the left coronary artery travels in the coronary sulcus?

• Circumflex artery
• Anterior cardiac artery
• Right marginal artery
• Posterior interventricular artery

Q9. Which coronary artery travels mainly in the right coronary sulcus?

• LAD artery
• Posterior interventricular vein
• Left coronary artery
• Right coronary artery

Q10. Which right coronary branch commonly follows the acute margin of the heart?

• Left marginal artery
• Right marginal artery
• Circumflex artery
• LAD artery