Inferior Vena Cava

Domain	Definitions
Health	A large vein that empties into the heart. It carries blood from the legs and feet, and from organs in the abdomen and pelvis. (references)
Medicine	Vein which receives blood from the lower limbs and the greater part of the pelvic abdominal organs. It begins at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra on the right side, pierces the diaphragm at the level of the eighth thoracic vertebra and empties into the back part of the right atrium of the heart. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Inferior vena cava

The inferior vena cava is formed by the union of the left and right iliac veins, going up retroperitoneally along the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity, anterior to the vertebrae and to the right of the abdominal aorta to finally empty into the right atrium of the heart.

It brings back blood to the heart from everywhere in the body inferior to the diaphragm, whilst the superior vena cava drains everything above the diaphragm.

There are exceptions to this in anastomoses between the two. Two good examples are the azygos vein system and in the venous plexuses next to the spinal cord but the preceding statement is largely true.

Commercial Usage: Inferior Vena Cava

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Modern Translations: Inferior Vena Cava

Language		Translations for "inferior vena cava"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		radices viscerales venae cavae inferioris (visceral roots of the inferior vena cava), radices parietales venae cavae inferioris (parietal roots of the inferior vena cava). (various references)

Dutch		radices viscerales venae cavae inferioris (visceral roots of the inferior vena cava), radices parietales venae inferiores (parietal roots of the inferior vena cava). (various references)

French		branches viscérales de la veine cave inférieure (visceral roots of the inferior vena cava), branches pariétales de la veine cave inférieure (parietal roots of the inferior vena cava). (various references)

German		Radices viscerales venae cavae inferioris (visceral roots of the inferior vena cava), Radices parietales venae cavae inferioris (parietal roots of the inferior vena cava). (various references)

Greek		σπλαχνικοί κλάδοι της κάτω κοίλης φλέβας (visceral roots of the inferior vena cava), τοιχικοί κλάδοι της κάτω κοίλης φλέβας (parietal roots of the inferior vena cava). (various references)

Italian		vena cava inferiore. (various references)

Pig Latin		inferioray enavay avacay

Portuguese		ramos viscerais da veia cava inferior (visceral roots of the inferior vena cava), ramos parietais da veia cava inferior (parietal roots of the inferior vena cava). (various references)

Spanish		ramas viscerales de la vena cava inferior (visceral roots of the inferior vena cava), ramas parietales de la vena cava inferior (parietal roots of the inferior vena cava). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Alternative Orthography: Inferior Vena Cava

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E 66 65 72 69 6F 72 56 65 6E 61 43 61 76 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 01100110 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01110010 00100000 01010110 01100101 01101110 01100001 00100000 01000011 01100001 01110110 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0066 0065 0072 0069 006F 0072 0056 0065 006E 0061 0043 0061 0076 0061

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Venography of the inferior vena cava and its branches (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Inferior Vena Cava

Definition: Inferior Vena Cava