name azygos_vein namespace http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de# parent vein_of_trunk nameMedicineSynonym [] organNo [] 282 speciesNo [] 86 label [med] Vena azygos comment [en] A vein arises from the merger of the right ascending lumbar vein with the right subcostal vein and often a communication with the inferior vena cava; ascends through the aortic hiatus of the diaphragm or its crus; it runs along the right side of the thoracic vertebral bodies in the posterior mediastinum, and terminates by arching anteriorly over the root of the right lung to enter the posterior aspect of the superior vena cava nameGermanSynonym [] ACC [] cy0015795 comment [de] die unpaare Fortsetzung der rechten Vena lumbalis ascendens, im hinteren Mediastinum rechts vor der Wirbelsäule zur Vena cava superior führend; Sammelgebiet: hinteres Mediastinum, Brustorgane, Wirbelsäule, Wirbelkanal und Inhalt, Teile der hinteren Leibeswand, Kollateralkreislauf zwischen oberer und unterer Hohlvene label [de] unpaare Vene label [en] azygos vein annotationRemark [] dka nameEnglishSynonym [] isPartOf http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/system#cardiovascular_system hasPart pericardial_veins_of_azygos_vein hasPart mediastinal_veins_of_azygos_vein isPartOf posterior_mediastinum hasPart ascending_lumbar_vein_of_azygos_vein hasPart superior_phrenic_veins hasPart bronchial_veins_of_azygos_vein hasPart right_superior_intercostal_vein isPartOf middle_mediastinum hasPart accessory_hemiazygos_vein hasPart arch_of_azygos_vein hasPart oesophageal_veins_of_azygos_vein hasPart subcostal_vein hasPart hemiazygos_vein isPartOf superior_vena_cava hasPart veins_of_vertebral_column hasPart posterior_intercostal_veins