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                                        gptkbp:instanceOf
                                    
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                                            gptkb:anatomical_structure
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:artery
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:adjacentTo
                                    
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                                            gptkb:aorta
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:diameter
                                    
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                                            2-3 cm
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:drainedBy
                                    
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                                            abdomen
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            pelvis
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            lower body
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            lower limbs
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:emptiesInto
                                    
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                                            right atrium
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:firstDescribed
                                    
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                                            Galen
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:formedBy
                                    
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                                            union of left and right common iliac veins
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:function
                                    
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                                            returns deoxygenated blood to the heart
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:hasFMAID
                                    
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                                            10951
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:hasTAID
                                    
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                                            A12.3.08.001
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:hasUMLSID
                                    
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                                            C0021852
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:length
                                    
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                                            22-24 cm
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:locatedIn
                                    
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                                            abdomen
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:MeSH_ID
                                    
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                                            D014684
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:partOf
                                    
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                                            gptkb:circulatory_system
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:passesThrough
                                    
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                                            diaphragm
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:receivesBloodFrom
                                    
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                                            gptkb:lumbar_veins
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:renal_veins
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:gonadal_veins
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:phrenic_veins
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:suprarenal_veins
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            hepatic veins
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:scientificName
                                    
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                                            gptkb:vena_cava_inferior
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:significance
                                    
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                                            can be affected by thrombosis
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            can be compressed in pregnancy
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            site for IVC filter placement
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:bfsParent
                                    
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                                            gptkb:The_Human_Heart
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:magnetic_resonance_angiography_(MRA)
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:bfsLayer
                                    
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                                            6
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
                                    
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                                            inferior vena cava
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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