Definition that contains vena cava
- total parenteral nutrition administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes
- central vein of suprarenal gland a single draining vein; on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava; on the left it empties into the left renal vein
- ovarian vein one of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left renal vein
- tpn administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes
- vena hepatica a vein that drains the liver; empties into the vena cava
- common iliac vein formed by the internal and external iliac veins; unites with its fellow from the opposite side of the body to form the inferior vena cava
- portacaval shunt shunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liver
- azygos vein one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava
- vena azygos one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava
- vena ovarica one of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left renal vein