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hemiazygos vein

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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, hemi-azygos vein, inferior hemi-azygos vein, hemiazygous vein

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human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000008

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.

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Gray480.png

has related synonym

hemiazygos veins, hemiazygous vein, hemiazygos

id

UBERON:0006663

prefLabel

Hemiazygos vein

present in taxon

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