[TheForge] sticking stents in veins ( was Re: PFO closure and swinging a hammer )

[terry l. ridder]

On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 wmullett at bright.net wrote:

> Interesting -  So that others are not mislead.
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> Inferior is the NAME - not a quality.  And the article recommends removing the temporary devices when they are no longer needed.
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i would like to know who named that vein, "inferior vena cava".
given its purpose it does not strike me as being "inferior".
or am i missing something in the naming scheme?

Note that the vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the upper
half of the body is the superior vena cava.

so why is it "superior"?

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