vena
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of vena
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vēna vein
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Seven years earlier, the man had a CT scan that showed an almost total blockage of his vena cava.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
Was it possible that the extra blood that was supposed to go from the legs to the brain when the man stood up didn’t get there fast enough because of the narrowed vena cava?
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
They end with the exiting of the renal veins to join the superior vena cava.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The inferior vena cava passes through the caval opening, and the esophagus and attached nerves pass through the esophageal hiatus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Then, after several journeys from King’s pavilion to Constable’s, and vice vena, Sir Bon returned to his own hole.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
First he separated the superior and inferior venae cavae, the two large vessels that return blood from the body into the right atrium, and severed them.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019
He inserted cannulas — transparent silicone rubber tubes — into each of the vessels feeding and draining Eva Baisey’s heart, and sewed them into place in the aorta and the two venae cavae.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019
The great veins, the superior and inferior venae cavae, and the great arteries, the aorta and pulmonary trunk, are attached to the superior surface of the heart, called the base.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
There are also low-pressure baroreceptors located in the walls of the venae cavae and right atrium.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The veins of the eyeball emerge as four or five trunks rather behind the equator; these are called from their appearance venae vorticosae, and open into the superior ophthalmic vein.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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