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

[terry l. ridder]

hello lincoln;

i did see your bounced e-mail in my mail server logs.

i never had latin in school. ;-)

On Tue, 16 Oct 2012, Lincoln Farish wrote:

>
> 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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terry l. ridder ><>