The function of the coronary sinus is to

A.  connect the top and bottom halves of the heart.
B.  guide the aorta out of the heart.
C.  guide the inferior vena cava into the right atrium.
D.  take blood from the coronary circulation to the right atrium.
E.  shunt blood from the right atrium to the left atrium.


D

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