vena cava sinus
The portion of the cavity of the right atrium of the heart that receives the blood from the vena cavae and is separated from the rest of the atrium by the crista terminalis. [ MP:0010497 ]
Synonyms: cavity of inflow part of right atrium, posterior right atrial cavity, sinus venarum cavarum
Term info
- FMA:13246
pheno_slim
uberon
UBERON:0005981
Cavity of inflow part of right atrium
Term relations
- anatomical cavity
- anatomical entity
- contributes to morphology of some right cardiac atrium
- part of some right cardiac atrium