NOUN
- 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
How To Use azygos vein In A Sentence
- But what earthly use has a man for valves in the intercostal veins which carry blood almost horizontally backward to the azygos veins? Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884
- The bronchial courses caudally, beneath the arch of the azygos vein, to the right bronchus, where it follows the posterosuperior border of the bronchus to enter the lung.
- The portion of the right primitive jugular vein between the left innominate and the azygos vein forms the upper part of the superior vena cava of the adult; the lower part of this vessel, i.e., below the entrance of the azygos vein, is formed by the right Cuvierian duct. V. Angiology. 3. Development of the Vascular System
- It must not be confused with the inferior cava, which is not found in the dog-fish, the [right] posterior cardinals representing the rabbit's azygos vein. Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
- E, great azygos vein crossing œsophagus and right bronchus to empty into the superior vena cava; A Practical Physiology
- When doctors performed the venogram in February, they discovered blockages in one of his jugular veins and the azygos vein in his chest. CTV News RSS Feed
- Above the level of the renal veins the right cardinal vein persists as the azygos vein and receives the right intercostal veins, while the hemiazygos veins are brought into communication with it by the development of transverse branches in front of the vertebral column (Figs. 479, 480) 33 V. Angiology. 3. Development of the Vascular System