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INFERIOR VENA CAVA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins
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Hypernyms ("inferior vena cava" is a kind of...):
vena cava (either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart)
Context examples:
A vein that drains blood from the left kidney into the inferior vena cava.
(Left Renal Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
Blockage of the lumen of the inferior vena cava.
(Inferior Vena Cava Occlusion, NCI Thesaurus)
An aggressive malignant smooth muscle neoplasm, arising from the inferior vena cava.
(Inferior Vena Cava Leiomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The lobe of the liver situated posteriorly located between the left lobe and the inferior vena cava.
(Caudate Lobe, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A vein occurring during embryonic development that is the continuation of the left umbilical vein that drains into the inferior vena cava.
(Ductus Venosus, NCI Thesaurus)
A vein located in the tail of vertebrate animals that leads to the inferior vena cava in mammals and the posterior cardinal vein in the trunk of fish.
(Caudal Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
A vein on either side of the body which is formed by the union of the external and internal iliac veins and passes upward to join with its fellow of the opposite side to form the inferior vena cava.
(Iliac Vein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A blood vessel containing deoxygenated blood formed by the joining of the internal and external iliac veins at the pelvic brim that runs upward behind the internal iliac artery to the right side of the fifth lumbar vertebra where it joins with its counterpart from the opposite side of the body to form the inferior vena cava.
(Common Iliac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
An abnormality of the superior or inferior vena cava that is present at birth.
(Congenital Abnormality of Vena Cava, NCI Thesaurus)
