Any of the veins that carries deoxygenated blood from a part of the body into the right atrium of the heart. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venae_cavae http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term information
- MESH:D014684
- UMLS:C0042460 (ncithesaurus:Vena_Cava)
- BTO:0001438
- SCTID:244405007
- NCIT:C12817
- FMA:321896
- OpenCyc:Mx4rkJQ4U6gEEdudWQACs5b6Bw
- Wikipedia:Venae_cavae
- GAID:547
- EMAPA:18415
- AAO:0010215
- MA:0000068
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Any of the veins that carries deoxygenated blood from a part of the body into the right atrium of the heart.
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