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VENA CAVA
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Irregular inflected form: venae cavae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vena cava" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vena cava"):
inferior vena cava; postcava (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)
precava; superior vena cava (receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins)
Context examples:
Damage to the superior vena cava from traumatic or pathologic processes.
(Injury to Superior Vena Cava, NCI Thesaurus)
The veins running parallel to the pericardiacophrenic arteries that drain into the brachiocephalic veins or superior vena cava.
(Pericardiacophrenic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
The blood vessels that drain blood from the central veins of the liver into the inferior vena cava.
(Hepatic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
The lobe of the liver situated posteriorly located between the left lobe and the inferior vena cava.
(Caudate Lobe, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Couinaud segment I, located on the posterior surface of the liver between the sulcus for the vena cava and the ligamentum venosum.
(Caudate Lobe, NCI Thesaurus)
The right atrium receives venous deoxygenated blood from the entire body via the superior and inferior vena cavae and pumps blood into the right ventricle.
(Cardiac Atrium, NCI Thesaurus)
This includes the aorta, superior and inferior vena cava and the pulmonary arteries and veins.
(Great Blood Vessel, NCI Thesaurus)
A thin, flexible tube that is inserted into a vein in the upper arm and guided (threaded) into a large vein near the heart called the vena cava.
(Peripherally inserted central catheter, NCI Dictionary)
A short deep groove extending upwards from the lobus caudatus in the liver and lodges the vena cava.
(Fissure of the Inferior Vena Cava, NCI Thesaurus)
A vein in the upper chest on the left side of the body that joins with the right innominate vein to form the superior vena cava.
(Left Brachiocephalic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
