inferior vena cava

Also known as IVC, Vena Cava, Inferior

one of two veinous trunks which brings deoxygenated

Key facts

Source: Common iliac vein , lumbar veins , testicular vein , renal vein , suprarenal vein , hepatic vein
Drains to: Right atrium
Artery: Abdominal aorta
Latin: vena cava inferior
Acronym: IVC
Mesh: D014682
Ta98: A12.3.09.001

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Research

34,567 papers

Inferior vena cava-syndrome.VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten · 2021
Inferior Vena Cava Filters: Current and Future Concepts.Interventional cardiology clinics · 2018
Inferior vena cava filters reduce symptomatic but not fatal pulmonary emboli after major trauma: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis.

Article

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.

The inferior vena cava is the lower ("inferior") of the two venae cavae, the two large veins that carry deoxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium of the heart: the inferior vena cava carries blood from the lower half of the body whilst the superior vena cava carries blood from the upper half of the body. Together, the venae cavae (in addition to the coronary sinus, which carries blood from the muscle of the heart itself) form the venous counterparts of the aorta.