VENA CAVA • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Vena cava

... constrictor muscle (aids in conveying food down the oesophagus); B, oesophagus; C, section of the right bronchus; D, two right pulmonary veins; E, great azygos vein crossing oesophagus and right bronchus to empty into the superior vena cava; F, thoracic duct; H, thoracic aorta; K, lower portion of oesophagus passing through the diaphragm; L, diaphragm as it appears in sectional view, enveloping the heart; M, inferior vena cava passing through diaphragm and emptying into ...

— A Practical Physiology • Albert F. Blaisdell