Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Vena Cava

Definition: Vena Cava

Vena Cava

Noun

1. Either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

.

Crosswords: Vena Cava

English words defined with "vena cava": azygos vein, azygous veincentral vein of suprarenal gland, common iliac veinEustachian valvehepatic vein, hyperalimentationinferior vena cava, Innominateovarian veinportacaval shunt, Praecavarenal veinsuperior vena cavatotal parenteral nutrition, TPNvena azygos, vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis, vena hepatica, vena ovarica, vena renalis. (references)
Specialty definitions using "vena cava": Brachiocephalic VeinsPeritoneovenous Shunt, Portacaval Shunt, SurgicalRenal VeinsScimitar Syndrome, sinus node, Superior Vena Cava SyndromeVena Cava Filters, Vena Cava, Inferior, Vena Cava, Superior. (references)

Top     

Commercial Usage: Vena Cava

DomainTitle

Books

  • Venography of the inferior vena cava and its branches (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Image Slideshow: Vena Cava

Illustrations:
Vena Cava

More images...

Top     

Expressions: Vena Cava

Expressions using "vena cava": inferior vena cava superior vena cava Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Vena Cava Filters. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vena Cava

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

vena cava

34

vena cava filter

21

superior vena cava

17

inferior vena cava

15
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translations: Vena Cava

Language Translations for "vena cava"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

vena cava-trekant (vena cava triangle), vena cava kompressionssyndrom (vena cava compression syndrome), radices viscerales venae cavae inferioris (visceral roots of the inferior vena cava), radices parietales venae cavae inferioris (parietal roots of the inferior vena cava), plica venae cavae cranialis sinistrae (ligament of left vena cava), cavatragten (vena cava infundibulum), cava-metastaseringstype (vena cava type), cavakateter (vena cava catheter), cavaindmundingen (vena cava infundibulum). (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), plica venae cavae (ligament of left vena cava). (various references)

   

French

  

syndrome de compression de la veine cave inférieure (vena cava compression syndrome), ombre triangulaire de la veine cave inférieure (vena cava triangle), métastase par veine cave (vena cava type), embouchure de la veine cave (vena cava infundibulum), cathéter pour veine cave (vena cava catheter), 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), Plica venae cavae cranialis sinistrae (ligament of left vena cava), Marshall Falte (ligament of left vena cava), klinostatisches Syndrom (vena cava compression syndrome), Kava-Typ (vena cava type), Kavatrichter (vena cava infundibulum), Kava-Kompressionssyndrom (vena cava compression syndrome), Kavakatheter (vena cava catheter), Kavadreieck (vena cava triangle), Hohlvenentyp (vena cava type). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καθετήρ για την κοίλη φλέβα (vena cava catheter), σύνδρομο συμπίεσης της κάτω κοίλης φλέβας (vena cava compression syndrome), σπλαχνικοί κλάδοι της κάτω κοίλης φλέβας (visceral roots of the inferior vena cava), μετάστασις μέσω της κοίλης φλέβας (vena cava type), πτυχή της αριστεράς άνω κοίλης φλεβός (ligament of left vena cava), χώνος της κοίλης φλέβας (vena cava infundibulum), τρίγωνον της κάτω κοίλης φλέβας (vena cava triangle), τοιχικοί κλάδοι της κάτω κοίλης φλέβας (parietal roots of the inferior vena cava). (various references)

   

Italian

  

vena cava superiore (superior vena cava), vena cava inferiore (inferior vena cava), piega vestigiale di Marshall (ligament of left vena cava), nodo senoatriale (and through the branches of the bundle of His, area of the cardiac tissue located at the junction of the superior vena cava with the right atrium.It is the normal cardiac pacemaker, its rate of discharge determining the rate at which the heart beats.Impulses generated in the SA node pass through the atrial pathways to the AV node, node of Keith and Flack, SA node, sinoatrial node, sinus node, through this node to the bundle of His, to the ventricular muscle [VE1], via the Purkinje system), nodo SA (and through the branches of the bundle of His, area of the cardiac tissue located at the junction of the superior vena cava with the right atrium.It is the normal cardiac pacemaker, its rate of discharge determining the rate at which the heart beats.Impulses generated in the SA node pass through the atrial pathways to the AV node, SA node, sinoatrial node, sinus node, through this node to the bundle of His, to the ventricular muscle [VE1], via the Purkinje system), nodo di Keith-Flack (and through the branches of the bundle of His, area of the cardiac tissue located at the junction of the superior vena cava with the right atrium.It is the normal cardiac pacemaker, its rate of discharge determining the rate at which the heart beats.Impulses generated in the SA node pass through the atrial pathways to the AV node, node of Keith and Flack, SA node, sinoatrial node, sinus node, through this node to the bundle of His, to the ventricular muscle [VE1], via the Purkinje system), nodo del seno (and through the branches of the bundle of His, area of the cardiac tissue located at the junction of the superior vena cava with the right atrium.It is the normal cardiac pacemaker, its rate of discharge determining the rate at which the heart beats.Impulses generated in the SA node pass through the atrial pathways to the AV node, SA node, sinoatrial node, sinus node, through this node to the bundle of His, to the ventricular muscle [VE1], via the Purkinje system). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

大静脈 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いじょうみゃく. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

enavay avacay

   

Portuguese

  

triângulo da veia cava (vena cava triangle), síndrome da compressão da veia cava inferior (vena cava compression syndrome), 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), prega vestigial de Marshall (ligament of left vena cava), infundíbulo da veia cava (vena cava infundibulum), cateter da veia cava (vena cava catheter). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

triángulo de la vena cava (vena cava triangle), síndrome de compresión de la cava inferior (vena cava compression syndrome), 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), metástasis por la vena cava (vena cava type), ligamento de la vena cava izquierda (ligament of left vena cava), infundíbulo de la vena cava (vena cava infundibulum), catéter para la vena cava (vena cava catheter). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hålven. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Anagrams: Vena Cava

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-n-v-v"

-4 letters: acne, cane, cave, nave, vane, vena.

-5 letters: ace, ana, ane, ava, ave, can, nae, vac, van, vav.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: Vena Cava


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

56 65 6E 61      43 61 76 61

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

    

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

01010110 01100101 01101110 01100001 00100000 01000011 01100001 01110110 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#101 &#110 &#97 &#32 &#67 &#97 &#118 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0065 006E 0061      0043 0061 0076 0061

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

56718067237678867

Top     

 

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.