hemiazygos vein

Preferred Label : hemiazygos vein;

Uberon definition : 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.;

Uberon synonym : inferior hemi-azygos vein; hemi-azygos vein; hemiazygous vein;

Uberon related term : hemiazygous vein; hemiazygos; hemiazygos veins;

Uberon Taxon note : 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.;

Details

Origin ID

0006663;

UMLS CUI

C0226642;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire hemiazygous vein (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Hemiazygos vein [FMA entity]
- Hemiazygos vein [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of hemiazygous vein (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- hemiazygous vein [SNOMED Notion]
- hemiazygous vein [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Hemiazygos vein [FMA entity]
- Hemiazygos vein [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of hemiazygous vein (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- hemiazygous vein [Radlex concept]
- hemiazygous vein [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire hemiazygous vein (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Hemiazygos vein [FMA entity]
develops from
- left supracardinal vein [UBERON concept]
part of
- azygos vein [UBERON concept]
tributary of
- azygos vein [UBERON concept]

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