The hemiazygos vein (vena azygos minor inferior) is a vein running superiorly in the lower thoracic region, just to the left side of the vertebral column. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiazygos_vein ]
Synonyms: vena hemiazygos inferior hemi-azygos vein hemi-azygos vein hemiazygous vein
Term information
- Wikipedia:Hemiazygos_vein
- FMA:4944
- EMAPA:18251
- SCTID:244408009
- EHDAA2:0004534
human_reference_atlas
The major anatomic variation between the pig and other mammalian species is the presence of the large left azygos vein, which enters the coronary sinus (Fig. 1). In other mammals, hemiazygos vein enters the pre- cava.
Term relations
- vein
- tributary of some azygos vein
- part of some azygos vein
- develops from some left supracardinal vein