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

[Lincoln Farish]

Superior means up (above the heart)  in this case, the inferior vena cava
goes down towards the legs.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 11:50 AM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 wmullett at bright.net wrote:
>
> > Interesting -  So that others are not mislead.
> >
> > Inferior is the NAME - not a quality.  And the article recommends
> removing the temporary devices when they are no longer needed.
> >
>
> 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"?
>
> >
>
> --
> terry l. ridder ><>
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