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Inferior Venacava (IVC) Tributaries and Abdominal Aorta Branches : Mnemonic

Inferior Venacava (IVC) Tributaries

1. common Iliac veins (L5) – Origin or Formation

2. Lumbar veins (L1-L5)

3. Testicular/gonadal veins – right (L2)

4. Renal veins (L1)

5. Suprarenal veins – right (L1)

6. Inferior phrenic veins (T8)

7. Hepatic veins (T8)

Abdominal Aorta Branches

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BranchesGroupLevel
Celiac arteryAnterior visceralT12
Superior mesenteric arteryL1
Inferior mesenteric arteryL3
Suprarenal artery – middle (1 pair)Lateral visceralT12
Renal artery (1 pair)L1
Internal spermatic or ovarian artery (1 pair)L2
Inferior phrenic artery (1 pair)Lateral abdominalT12
Lumbar artery (4 paired)Lateral abdominal/DorsalL1-L4
Median sacral arteryTerminal/DorsalL4
Common iliac arteries (1 pair)TerminalL4

Superior suprarenal artery originates from Inferior phrenic artery.

Inferior suprarenal artery originates from Renal artery.

Right renal artery passes behind the IVC.

Relationship of abdominal aorta with inferior vena cava

Abdominal aorta travels on left.

IVC travels on right side parallelly, and both can be considered counterparts.

Posterior wall of the abdominal cavity” by EUSKALANATO is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Above the level of the umbilicus:

Below the level of the umbilicus:

Andrew Quentin from Fujisawa, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tajiri applying camel clutch to Rene Bonaparte. Remember this picture as a mnemonic for the relation between IVC and aorta. Tajiri can be likened to aorta and Rene can be likened to IVC.
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