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

[CGRAF]

Think position inferior, superior, anterior, posterior

Mike Graf

On 10/16/2012 10:50 AM, terry l. ridder wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 wmullett at bright.net wrote:
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>> 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?
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> Note that the vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the upper
> half of the body is the superior vena cava.
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> so why is it "superior"?
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