Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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caval opening of diaphragm

an orifice in the right lobe of the central tendon of the diaphragm that transmits the inferior vena cava and branches of the right phrenic nerve.

Synonym(s): foramen of vena cava, foramen quadratum, foramen venae cavae, vena caval foramen




 

 

 

 

 

 



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