vena cava

Examples

• All

• Then... a three-foot catheter threaded directly into the inferior vena cava, or the superior vena cava.

  The Exorcist III (1990)

• Then... a three-foot catheter threaded directly into the inferior vena cava, or the superior vena cava.

  The Exorcist III (1990)

• The aorta, the vena cava.

  Get the Gringo (2012)

• Vena cava

  Shock Treatment (1981)

• At 24 hours following CLP, blood samples were drawn from the inferior vena cava and cultured to evaluate the bacterial clearance.

  Academic text (2018)

• Since our patient had no metastasis to the lung or liver, his disease had probably spread via the vertebral plexus and not the inferior vena cava.

  Academic text (2001)

• These small veins called venules, merge to form larger veins, eventually very large veins like the vena cava, which come back to the right side of the heart.

• Volume depletion in the circulating compartment can be assessed by ultrasonographic measurement of the diameter and collapsibility of the inferior vena cava.

  Academic text (2016)

• Abdominal ultrasound showed prominent inferior vena cava and dilated hepatic veins with minimal ascites.

  Academic text (2007)

• Surgeons need to be careful when operating near the vena cava to avoid serious bleeding.

Synonyms

C

cava

vsvena cava

• Specialized

6 7.5

One of the two large veins that carry blood without oxygen to the heart

specifies return to the right atrium rather than just the heart

How Big

vena cava

• Specialized

5 4.9

vein

• Specialized

239 2.6

esophageal veins

• Specialized

8.5

venule

• Specialized

9.0

capillary

• Specialized

11 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology