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How many coronary arteries does a person have?
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Three: Three, the left anterior descending, the left circumflex, and the right coronary artery.
Answered 7/20/2012
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Lots: There are 4 major (right coronary artery, left main coronary artery that branches out in left anterior descending and left circumflex arteries) that all give a lot of smaller branches to vascularize the heart muscle.
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