Vena Cava Definition

kāvə
venae-cavae
noun
Either of two large veins conveying blood to the right atrium of the heart.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Vena Cava

Noun

Singular:
vena cava
Plural:
vena-cavae, venae-cavae

Origin of Vena Cava

  • New Latin vēna cava Latin vēna vein Latin cava hollow

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Vena Cava Sentence Examples

  • The venae hepaticae magnae join the vena cava posterior and thereby form with it the vena cava inferior.

  • These eventually reach the hepatic radicles, and so the blood is conducted into the vena cava.

  • The vena cava (vc) is always found to the right of the Spigelian lobe and dorsal to the stalk of the caudate.

  • The afferent vessel of the' ctenidium receives blood from the vena cava or principal blood-sinus of the body, the efferent vessel opens into the auricle of its own side.

  • The arteries and veins have proper endothelial walls; they pass abruptly into the sinuses and in some cases communication is effected by orifices in the walls of the vessels, as for example in the vena cava of Nautilus.

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Words Starting With

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Words Starting With V and Ending With A

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