The difference is that as the name suggests the superior vena vava carried deoxygenated blood back to the heart from the upper areas of the body in latin, superior above. Absent inferior vena cava resulting in exercised induced. Anatomical variants of superior and inferior vena cava epos. It is formed by the joining of the right and the left common iliac veins, usually at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra. Tributaries of superior vena cava flashcards quizlet. Difference between superior and inferior vena cava.
Essas veias levam entao o sangue nao oxigenado ate o atrio direito. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Vena cava superior izquierda persistente sciencedirect. Any information contained in this pdf file is automatically generated from digital material submitted to epos by third parties in the form of scientific presentations.
On occasion the infrahepatic ivc even assumes a slitlike appearance. Its walls are rigid and it has valves so the blood does not flow down via gravity. The inferior vena cava or ivc is a large vein that carries the deoxygenated blood from the lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart. Perinatal inferior vena cava thrombosis and absence of the infrarenal inferior vena cava. Veia cava inferior wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Complications such as postoperative asymptomatic pulmonary embolism, filter migration, and superior vena cava syndrome did not occur in any of the cases within the 6 months to 24 months of follow up. A common finding on abdominal ultrasound and ct examinations is variation in the size of the inferior vena cava ivc. Vena cava superior obere hohlvene, vena cava interferior untere hohlvene, vena azygos unpaare vene mit querverbindungen. Superior vena cava syndromea proposed classification system. The superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava both enter the heart at the right atrium.