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A MANUAL OF ANATOMY 



right sympathetic ganghated chain, right renal artery, right semi- 

 lunar ganglion, right crus of the diaphragm, right suprarenal 

 capsule, and right infeiior phrenic artery. Right. — From below 

 upwards, the right ureter and the internal border of the right kidney. 



Hepatic Veins 



Right Inferior Phrenic ^*^J 



Right Suprarenal ^j/ 



Right Renal - -^-^--^ 



Right Spermatic 



Lumbar Veins <; 



Position of Caval Opening 

 in Diaphragm 



.,Left Inferior Phrenic 



'f//- Left Suprarenal 



Left Renal 



---Left Spermatic 



Left Ascending Lumbar 



Right Common Iliac ,JL— 



Right Internal Iliac 

 Right External Iliac 



Right Deep Circumflex 

 Iliac 



Middle Sacral 



^r 



Right Deep Epigastric 



Fig. 324. — Scheme of the Inferior Vena Cava and its Tributaries. 



Left. — From below upwards, the aorta and the right crus of the 

 diaphragm. 



Tributaries. — ^These are as follows : the right and left common 

 iliac veins, right and left lumbar veins, the right spermatic (or 

 ovarian) vein, the right and left renal veins, the right suprarenal 

 vein, the right inferior phrenic vein (and sometimes the left), and 

 the hepatic veins at the caval fossa of the liver. 



Chief Varieties. — (i) The vessel may be found on the left side of the aorta 

 in its lower part, in which cases it subsequently crosses that vessel to take up 



