Talk:Azygos vein

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I believe that the azygos vein enters the Inferior Vena Cava and not the Superior Vena Cava. My information comes from Grant's Atlas of Anatomy by Anne Agur and Arthur Dalley and is from the 11th edition.

Thank you.

No, it's the superior vena cava. Check the last sentence on section 1.73. The part that connects with the SVC is called the arch of the azygos vein, and it's fairly substantial. Check section 1.75...you can see it empty into the SVC. Mauvila 05:57, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

yep, that's definitely the case that the azygous branches from the svc, not sure about grant's atlas but this is clearly demonstrated in grant's dissector. --Taoster 17:49, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

My copy of the Atlas (5th ed) describes the azygous as "communicating" with the ivc and "ending above" in the svc. Perhaps a little ambiguous but I don't really think so.RayJohnstone (talk) 07:15, 4 February 2008 (UTC)