Vena Pericardiaca (Noun)
Meaning
Several small veins from the pericardium.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The vena pericardiaca is one of the small veins in the pericardium that collects deoxygenated blood from the fibrous pericardium.
- Several small veins from the pericardium, including the vena pericardiaca, empty into the pericardial sinus.
- A vena pericardiaca is notable for being one of the small veins from the pericardium and other cardiac structures entering the pericardial cavity.
- These small veins, including the vena pericardiaca, from the pericardium drain the collected blood back into the heart.
- The vena pericardiaca and other small veins from the pericardium connect and return blood to the coronary sinus and to the superior and inferior pericardial sinuses.