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Definition of Precava
1. Noun. Receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins.
Definition of Precava
1. Noun. (alternative form of praecava) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Precava
1. a vein in higher vertebrates [n -VAE] : PRECAVAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precava
Literary usage of Precava
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1867)
"The transfer of the current of the innominate blood from the left precava behind
the auricle to the right precava, and the obliteration of the left ..."
2. Physiology Practicums: Explicit Directions for Examing Portions of the Cat by Burt Green Wilder (1895)
"Lift the edge of the flap and note the wide mouths of the POST- CAVA and precava,
separated by a prominent ridge ; PL XIII, 9. c. ..."
3. Physiology Practicums: Explicit Directions for Examing Portions of the Cat by Burt Green Wilder (1895)
"... foramina where the precava becomes continuous with the atrium. c. Between the
cardiac vein and the orifice of the sinus ^ire several small openings, ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"Heart of Struthio africanus—injected, showing persistent avian left precava— with
its relations to pericardium and coronary vein. 4. ..."
5. ... The Blood-vascular System of the Loricati, the Mailcheeked Fishes by William Fitch Allen (1905)
"Still another small gastric vein arises from the anterior dorsal surface of the
stomach and terminates in the precava, above the main left gastric vein. ..."
6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1915)
"Just cephalad to the vertebral and internal mammary, the internal jugular,j,
enters the precava. The internal jugular may be followed directly forward, ..."
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