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.
The popularity of âThe Waltonsâ skyrocketed in 1973-74; it became television's No. 2 program. And it remained among the Top-25 shows for the next four seasons - until just after the 1978 death of founding cast member Will Geer, who played Grandpa Zeb Walton.