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Azygos vein

Vein with variable origin which ascends in the posterior mediastinum along the right side of the vertebral bodies and at the level of the 4th thoracic vertebrae - arches forwards above the root of the right lung and joins the superior vena cava before the latter enters the pericardium.


Source: The Anatomical Atlas of CardiacMRI, Editor Mohan Sivananthan - Leeds General Infirmary – used with permission