POSTCAVA - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins

	Websites:

	Synonyms:	inferior vena cava

	See Also:	vena cava

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Post"ca`va\, n.; pl. {Postcav[ae]} . [NL. See {Post-}, and {Cave}, n.] (Anat.) The inferior vena cava. -- {Post"ca`val}, a. --B. G. Wilder.