HyperDic: inferior_vena_cava

English > 1 sense of the expression inferior vena cava:
NOUNbodyinferior vena cava, postcavareceives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart
English > inferior vena cava: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningReceives 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.
Synonympostcava
Broadervena cavaEither of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
Spanishpostcava, vena cava inferior
Catalanpostcava, vena cava inferior

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