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anterior vena cava

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001585

A vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body into the right atrium of the heart. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_vena_cava ]

Synonyms: superior caval vein, superior vena cava

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000003

Phylogenetic modifications within this basic pattern of arteries and veins are largely correlated with functional changes. In the transition from water to land, gills gave way to lungs, accompanied by the establishment of a pulmonary circulation. In some fishes and certainly in tetrapods, the cardinal veins become less involved in blood return. Instead, the composite, prominent postcava (posterior vena cava) arose to drain the posterior part of the body and the precava (anterior vena cava) developed to drain the anterior part of the body.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000008

The mouse has both left and right anterior vena cava. adult humans only have a right. Postnatally the left regresses and becomes non-functional (Wessels and Sedmera 2003). In the mouse, The right pulmonary vein passes dorsal to the right superior vena cava, the left pulmonary dorsal to the left superior vena cava (Biology of the Laboratory Mouse, Green).

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Venenwinkel.png

has related synonym

vena maxima, precava, cranial vena cava, vena cava superior

id

UBERON:0001585

prefLabel

Superior vena cava

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606