The heart receives its own supply of blood from a network of arteries, called the coronary arteries. Two major coronary arteries branch off from the aorta near the point where the aorta and the left ventricle meet:
Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) (1903-95), Irish physicist. Born in County Waterford, Ireland, Walton, with Sir John D. Cockcroft, received the 1951 Nobel prize in physics for the development of the first nuclear-particle accelerator.
Share this URL. Ralph Waite, who played the father in TVâs hit series âThe Waltons,â has died. Waiteâs manager, Alan Mills, says the actor died midday Thursday in the Palm Springs area. He was 85.