CT: Ch 11 The Inferior Vena Cava (IVC)
Common Illiac Veins
1.6 to 1.8 cm diameter
IVC
2.5 cm diameter
The IVC should not exceed
3.7 cm
Right common illiac vein
5.5 cm long
Left common iliac vein
7.5 cm long
The Prerenal section
Extends from just inferior to the hepatic veins slightly superior to the renal veins.
T or F: The renal section is the most inferiorly located portion of the IVC
False
T or F: The right gonadal vein empties into the IVC
False
T or F: the hepatic veins decrease in diameter as they approach the IVC
False
T or F: small, moving echoes visualized in the lumen of the IVC are a normal finding
True
T or F: the left common illiac vein is longer than the right common iliac vein
True
postrenal section
final section, extends from just inferior to the renal veins until the common illiac veins converge into the IVC.
The hepatic section
is located directly posterior to the liver, where the hepatic veins empty into the IVC.
the left gonadal vein empties into the
left renal vein
which is not a major tributary of the IVC
portal veins
which portion of the IVC extends inferior to the hepatic veins and superior to the renal veins
prerenal section
The renal section
renal veins and multiple tributaries are located within this section, which terminates almost immediately after the branching of the renal veins
The IVC travels through the diaphragm and empties into the
right atrium
into which lobe of the liver does the middle hepatic vein empty?
right lobe
