vena hemizygos

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Noun vena hemizygos has 1 sense

hemizygos vein, hemizygous vein, vena hemizygos - a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein
--₁ is a kind of vein, vena, venous blood vessel

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Vena Hemizygos

Noun

A major vein in the human body that drains blood from the left half of the abdomen and lower thorax into the superior vena cava.
In anatomy, a counterpart to the right-side vein vena azygos.

Example Sentences:

The vena hemizygos is responsible for carrying deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
During the dissection, we identified the vena hemizygos coursing along the left side of the spine.

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