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Noun: vena azygos
  1. 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
    - azygos vein, azygous vein

Type of: vein, vena, venous blood vessel

Encyclopedia: Vena azygos

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vena anastomotica
vena angularis
vena appendicularis
vena arcuata renis
vena auricularis
vena axillaris
vena azygos
vena basalis
vena basilica
vena basivertebralis
vena brachialis
vena brachiocephalica
vena bronchialis
vena bulbi penis
vena bulbi vestibuli
vena canaliculi cochleae
vena cava