What is the history of the term "azygos vein" in the anatomical terminology?
Anatomy
Terminology
Vesalius
“azygos vein”
“sine pari vena”
Journal
Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA
ISSN: 1279-8517
Titre abrégé: Surg Radiol Anat
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8608029
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2019
Oct 2019
Historique:
received:
05
12
2018
accepted:
02
04
2019
pubmed:
28
4
2019
medline:
25
2
2020
entrez:
28
4
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The term "azygos vein" is in common use in modern anatomical and cardiovascular textbooks to describe the vein which ascends to the right side of the vertebral column in the region of the posterior mediastinum draining into the superior vena cava. "Azygos" in Greek means "without a pair", explaining the lack of a similar vein on the left side of the vertebral column in the region of the thorax. The term "azygos" vein was utilized firstly by Galen and then was regenerated during Sylvius' dissections and Vesalius' anatomical research, where it received its final concept as an official anatomical term. The purpose of this study is to highlight the origin of the term "azygos vein" to the best of our knowledge for the first time and its evolution from the era of Hippocrates to Realdo Colombo.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31028449
doi: 10.1007/s00276-019-02238-3
pii: 10.1007/s00276-019-02238-3
doi:
Types de publication
Historical Article
Journal Article
Portrait
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1155-1162Sujets (noms de personnes)
{'last_name': 'Hippocrates', 'fore_name': None, 'initials': None}
{'last_name': 'Aristotle', 'fore_name': None, 'initials': None}
{'last_name': 'Galen', 'fore_name': None, 'initials': None}
{'last_name': 'Vesalius', 'fore_name': 'Andreas', 'initials': 'A'}
{'last_name': 'Sylvius', 'fore_name': 'Jacobus', 'initials': 'J'}
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