| IVC | 1) Inferior Vena Cava 2) Intra-Venous Cholangiography |
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| SVC | 1) Superior Vena Cava 2) Super-Visor Call |
| IVC | inferior vena cava; inspiratory vital capacity; integrated vector control; intravascular coagulation... |
| IVCP | inferior vena cava pressure |
| IVCR | inferior vena cava reconstruction |
| fossa coronoidea humeri | A hollow on the anterior surface of the distal end of the humerus, just above the trochlea, in which the coronoid process of the ulna rests when the elbow is flexed. Synonym: fossa coronoidea humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fossa radialis humeri | A shallow depression on the anterior aspect of the distal humerus, superior to the capitulum of the humerus and lateral to the coronoid fossa, in which the margin of the head of the radius rests when the elbow is in extreme flexion. Synonym: fossa radialis humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena auricularis posterior | <anatomy, vein> Drains the region posterior to the ear then merges with the retromandibular vein to form the external jugular vein. Synonym: vena auricularis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena facialis posterior | <anatomy, vein> It is formed by the union of the superficial temporal and maxillary veins in front of the ear, runs posterior to the ramus of the mandible through the parotid gland, and unites with the posterior auricular vein to form the external jugular vein; it usually has a large communicating branch with the facial vein. Synonym: vena retromandibularis, posterior facial vein, temporomaxillary vein, vena facialis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena posterior ventriculi sinistri | Arises on the diaphragmatic surface of the heart near the apex, runs to the left and parallel to the posterior interventricular sulcus, and empties in the coronary sinus. Synonym: vena posterior ventriculi sinistri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena septi pellucidi posterior | Vein draining the posterior part of the transparent septum; it empties into the superior thalamostriate vein. Synonym: vena septi pellucidi posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| valve of inferior vena cava | An endocardial fold extending from the anterior inferior margin of the inferior vena cava to the anterior part of the limbus fossa ovalis. Synonym: valvula venae cavae inferioris, caval valve, eustachian valve, sylvian valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena | <anatomy> Any one of the great systemic veins connected directly with the heart. Vena contracta. The portal vein of the liver. A vein. Vena cava. Origin: L, literally, contracted vein, hollow vein. (11 Mar 1998) |
| vena advehens | Collective term for a series of branching channels in the early embryo receiving blood from the umbilical and/or vitelline venous systems and passing the mixed blood to the sinusoids of the liver; they become terminal branches of the hepatic portal vein. Synonym: vena afferentes hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena afferentes hepatis | Collective term for a series of branching channels in the early embryo receiving blood from the umbilical and/or vitelline venous systems and passing the mixed blood to the sinusoids of the liver; they become terminal branches of the hepatic portal vein. Synonym: vena afferentes hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena anastomotica inferior | <anatomy, vein> An inconstant vein that passes from the superficial middle cerebral vein posteriorly over the lateral aspect of the temporal lobe to enter the transverse sinus. Synonym: vena anastomotica inferior, Browning's vein, Labbe's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena anastomotica superior | <anatomy, vein> A large communicating vein between the superficial middle cerebral vein and the superior sagittal sinus; it passes upward from the lateral sulcus, often following the line of the central sulcus (Rolando's fissure). Synonym: vena anastomotica superior, Trolard's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena angularis | <anatomy, vein> A short vein at the medial angle of the eye, formed by the supraorbital and supratrochlear veins's and continuing as the facial vein. Synonym: vena angularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena appendicularis | <anatomy, vein> The tributary of the ileocolic vein that accompanies the appendicular artery. Synonym: vena appendicularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena aqueductus cochleae | It drains the cochlea, sacculus, and part of the utricules, and empties into the superior bulb of the jugular vein by accompanying the perilymphatic duct through the cochlear canaliculus. Synonym: vena aqueductus cochleae, vein of cochlear aqueduct, vena canaliculi cochleae. (05 Mar 2000) |