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Vena cava   /vˈinə kˈɑvə/   Listen
Vena cava

noun
1.
Either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart.



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"Vena cava" Quotes from Famous Books



... larger and smaller sacs filled with lymph, the spinal canal full of serum; in the spinal cord plain traces of inflammation. In the lungs there was much dark coagulated blood, and likewise in the vena cava; in the stomach and intestines, many cicatrices; the mesenteric glands and pancreas were much degenerated and filled with pus; the rectum showed many cicatrices ...
— Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 • Achilles Rose

... chyle of the lacteals passes, as we have said, by the thoracic duct directly into the circulation. It enters the left vena cava superior (l.v.c.s.) near where this joins the jugular vein (ex.j.) (see Figure 1, Sheet 2, th.d.) and goes on at once with the rest of the blood to the heart. The small veins of the villi, however, which also help suck ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells

... jaw, 5 lower jaw, z tongue, v right, v apostrophe, left ventricle of heart, o apostrophe, left auricle, b origin of aorta, b apostrophe, b double apostrophe, b triple apostrophe, first, second, and third aorta-arches, c, c apostrophe, c double apostrophe, vena cava, ae lungs (y pulmonary artery), e stomach, m primitive kidneys (j left vitelline vein, s cystic vein, a right vitelline artery, n umbilical artery, u umbilical vein), x vitelline duct, i rectum, 8 tail, 9 fore-leg, 9 ...
— The Evolution of Man, V.1. • Ernst Haeckel

... chemical filter where blood is refined and purified. The liver passes this cleansed blood out through the superior vena cava, directly to the heart. The blood is then pumped into general and systemic circulation, where it reaches all parts of the body, delivering nutrition and oxygen at a cellular level. On its return flow, a large proportion of the depleted blood is collected by the gastric, splenic and superior ...
— How and When to Be Your Own Doctor • Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon



Words linked to "Vena cava" :   vein, postcava, venous blood vessel, precava, superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, vena



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