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    superior vena cava. The trachea and oesophagus is located medially to the arch of the azygous vein. The "arch of the azygos vein" (arcus venae azygos) is an...
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    The hemiazygos vein (vena azygos minor inferior) is a vein running superiorly in the lower thoracic region, just to the left side of the vertebral column...
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    with the azygos vein (which runs on the right side of the vertebral column) and venous plexuses next to the spinal cord. The inferior vena cava begins...
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    The superior vena cava (SVC) is the superior of the two venae cavae, the great venous trunks that return deoxygenated blood from the systemic circulation...
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    lateral course of the azygos vein, in a pleural septum within the apical segment of the right upper lobe or in other words an azygos lobe is formed when...
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    vein usually crosses the body of the eighth thoracic vertebra to join the azygos vein. Alternatively, it ends in the hemiazygos vein. When this vein is small...
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    large-calibre veins that drain blood filtered by the kidneys into the inferior vena cava. There is one renal vein draining each kidney.[citation needed] Each...
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    but also described the vena azygos, and discovered the canal which passes in the fetus between the umbilical vein and the vena cava, since named the ductus...
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    Lumbar veins (redirect from Vena lumbalis)
    into the ascending lumbar vein, or the azygos vein; the 2nd lumbar vein may drain directly into the inferior vena cava (at or near the level of the renal...
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    brachiocephalic vein The brachiocephalic veins, superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, azygos vein and their tributaries. Hip bone (Innominate bone) Brachiocephalic...
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    The superior thyroid vein is the vena comitans of the superior thyroid artery. It is formed by the union of deep and superficial tributaries that correspond...
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    hepatic veins, described the vena azygos, and discovered the canal which passes in the fetus between the umbilical vein and the vena cava, since named ductus...
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    inferior vena cava, the intercostal veins, the hemiazygos vein and the azygos vein. Human embryo of about fourteen days, with yolk-sac. Anterior cardinal...
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    The eighth represents the heart, the ramifications of the vena azygos, and the valve of the vena cava, named after the author. The seven subsequent plates...
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    ossium humanorum. (Leiden 1753), greek Print Tabulae vatis chyliferi cum vena azygos, arteriis intercostalibus aliisque vicinis partibus. (Leiden 1757), Pr...
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    left atrium Middle cardiac vein Small cardiac vein Pulmonary veins Superior vena cava Brachiocephalic vein Inferior thyroid vein Inferior laryngeal vein Pericardial...
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    Diagram showing common arrangement of thyroid veins. The venæ cavæ and azygos veins, with their tributaries. Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy:...
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    surrounding the ascending aorta: 350  Termination of the azygos vein into the superior vena cava: 193  Ligamentum arteriosum[citation needed] Loop of...
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    Esophageal varices are due to a connection between the left gastric vein and the azygos-hemiazygos veins; gastroesophageal varices are due to connections between...
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  • Thumbnail for Ascending lumbar vein
    lumbar vein crosses the subcostal vein, it becomes one of the following: the azygos vein (in the case of the right ascending lumbar vein). the hemiazygos vein...
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    deoxygenated blood from the esophagus to the azygos vein, which in turn drains directly into the superior vena cava. These veins have no part in the development...
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    of the lower esophagus (azygos vein).[citation needed] The esophageal branch of the left gastric vein drains into the azygos vein. In cases of portal...
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    the azygos vein, cisterna chyli, thoracic duct, and the right crus of the diaphragm—the last separating it from the upper part of the inferior vena cava...
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    drains blood into the brachiocephalic veins, azygos veins, and veins that drain into the inferior vena cava and left suprarenal vein. The sternal portion...
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    course of the inferior phrenic arteries; the right ends in the inferior vena cava; the left is often represented by two branches, one of which ends in...
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    starting of the cardiac plexus. The azygos vein arching over the right main bronchus and joining into the superior vena cava. The thoracic duct crossing...
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    optimally the subclavian vein). Ideally, the catheter terminates in the superior vena cava or the right atrium. This position allows infused agents to be spread...
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  • Thoracic duct, Azygos vein). Openings of the diaphragm and structures passing through Caval opening (vena caval foramen) (2: IR): Inferior vena cava, (branches...
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  • University of Ferrara. He blew air into the lower part of the azygos, and showed that the vena cava would not be inflated. It was not possible for the air...
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    showing completion of development of the parietal veins. The venæ cavæ and azygos veins, with their tributaries. The thyroid gland and its relations. Jugular...
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