CORONARY ARTERIES

• WHAT DO CORONARY ARTERIES DO?

  supply cardiac muscle with oxygenated blood
• WHERE DO CORONARY ARTERIES COME FROM?

  branch off aorta
• WHAT HAPPENS IF THE CARDIAC MUSCLE IS BLOCKED?

  • will not get oxygen
  • cells cannot respire
  • cells die
  • myocardial infarction
• WHAT IS A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION?

  heart attack