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azygos vein

Identification
Official Latin term vena azygos
Official term azygos vein
Unit identifier TAH:U4666
Unit type single
Materiality material
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Partonomic links Level 2: venous system Short Extended
Level 3: superior vena cava Short Extended
Level 4: azygos vein
Taxonomic links Level 2: segment of organ Short Extended
Level 3: vein
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Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition The azygos vein is a subdivision of superior vena cava [divisio venae cavae superioris ] which is unpaired and located on the right side of the vertebral column [columna vertebralis ].
Notes
The pattern of tributaries to the azygos vein is highly variable (Luzsa G 1972 Röntgenanatomie des Gefäßsystems. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest; Rickenbacher et al. 1982 von Lanz/Wa\chsmuth Rücken. Springer, Berlin).
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body
TAH:U3568
cardiovascular system
TAH:U4418
venous system
TAH:U4480
superior vena cava
TAH:U4666 azygos vein
TAH:U4667
arch of azygos vein
TAH:U4668
first right posterior intercostal vein
TAH:U4670
accessory hemiazygos vein
TAH:U4669
hemiazygos vein
TAH:U4671
right oesophageal veins of
TAH:U4672
right bronchial veins of
TAH:U4673
right pericardial veins of
TAH:U4674
right mediastinal veins of
TAH:U4675
right superior phrenic vein
TAH:U4679
right posterior intercostal veins
TAH:U4678
right subcostal vein
TAH:U4676
right ascending lumbar vein
TAH:U4677
right lumbar veins
TAH:U15525
cavocaval anastomoses
TAH:U15526
subcutaneous cavocaval anastomosis
TAH:U15527
muscular cavocaval anastomosis
TAH:U15528
retroperitoneal cavocaval anastomosis
TAH:U15529
vertebral cavocaval anastomosis
Total
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Taxonomy
Date: 28.06.2023