See Also: inferior phrenic vein(medicine)
inferior phrenic artery(medicine)
inferior phrenic lymph nodes(medicine)
inferior laryngeal vein(medicine)
right inferior pulmonary vein(medicine)
inferior anastomotic vein(medicine)
inferior choroid vein(medicine)
inferior epigastric vein(medicine)
inferior cardiac vein(medicine)
inferior basal vein(medicine)

inferior phrenic vein (medicine)


inferior phrenic vein
<anatomy, vein> The vein that drains the substance of the diaphragm and empties on the right side into the inferior vena cava, on the left side into the left suprarenal vein; often a second vein on the left side passes transversely across the diaphragm anterior to the oesophageal hiatus to enter the inferior vena cava.

Synonym: vena phrenica inferior.