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The inferior vena cava is a large vein that carries the deoxygenated blood from the lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart. It is formed by the joining of the right and the left common iliac veins, usually at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The inferior vena cava is the lower (" inferior ") of the two venae ...
Frequency. 5-10 out of 100,000 (From 1 in 10,000-20,000) Inferior vena cava syndrome (IVCS) is a very rare constellation of symptoms resulting from either an obstruction, or stenosis of the inferior vena cava. It can be caused by physical invasion or compression by a pathological process or by thrombosis within the vein itself.
Cardiovascular. [edit on Wikidata] An inferior vena cava filter is a medical device made of metal that is implanted by vascular surgeons or interventional radiologists into the inferior vena cava to prevent a life-threatening pulmonary embolism (PE) or venous thromboembolism (VTE). [2][3] The filter is designed to trap a blood clot and prevent ...
Irvine Valley College (also known as IVC or Irvine Valley) is a public community college in Irvine, California. It is part of the California Community Colleges system. The college inherited its name from the Irvine family and the Irvine Company that were key in the development of the city of Irvine. Opened in 1979 as Saddleback College North ...
Interior of right side of heart. (Valve of inf. vena cava labeled at lower left.) View of the inferior vena cava ostium (IVCO) with Eustachian valve (EusV) present in a human heart. The valve of the inferior vena cava (Eustachian valve) is a venous valve that lies at the junction of the inferior vena cava and right atrium.
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Anatomical terminology. [edit on Wikidata] In human anatomy, the common iliac veins are formed by the external iliac veins and internal iliac veins. The left and right common iliac veins come together in the abdomen at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra, [1] forming the inferior vena cava. They drain blood from the pelvis and lower limbs.
The ductus venosus (red) connects the umbilical vein to the inferior vena cava. The liver and the veins in connection with it, of a human embryo, twenty-four or twenty-five days old, as seen from the ventral surface. In the fetus, the ductus venosus (Arantius' duct after Julius Caesar Aranzi [ 1 ]) shunts a portion of umbilical vein blood flow ...