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VENA CAVA INFERIOR [1 record]

Record 1 2011-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

The venous trunk formed by the union of the two common iliac veins. It begins at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra, passes upward on the right of the aorta, empties into the right atrium of the heart, returning blood from bodily parts below the diaphragm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
DEF

Gros tronc veineux formé par la réunion des deux veines iliaques primitives, il ramène le sang de la moitié sous-diaphragmatique du corps dans l'oreillette droite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Corazón
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
DEF

Tronco venoso que recoge la circulación de retorno de las extremidades inferiores y vísceras pelvianas y abdominales. Comienza a nivel de la quinta vértebra lumbar, por unión de las venas ilíacas primitivas y asciende a la derecha de la aorta hasta alcanzar la aurícula derecha del corazón, en la que se vacía.

CONT

El meso lateral está recorrido de abajo hacia arriba por la vena cava inferior, la que recibe a este nivel las venas suprahepátricas.

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