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The Vena Cava can be one of two large veins that drain blood from the upper body and the lower body and empty into the right atrium of the heart.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoOn the right side. The superior vena cava is on top and the inferior vena cava is on the bottom.
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Where are the vena cavas located?
in the thoracic cavity
Inferior and superior vena cavas drain into?
The heart
What is the purpose of having two vena cavas?
The superior vena cava can take in blood from the top of your body and the inferior vena cava can take in blood from the lungs and lower parts of your body.
What does the right side of the heart receive?
It recieves deoxygenated blood from the Superior and Inferior Vena cavas.
What does The right side of the heart receives?
It recieves deoxygenated blood from the Superior and Inferior Vena cavas.
What does falling over or fainting have to do with the superior and inferior vena cava?
blood stays in close to brain to "protect it" vena cavas restrict so that the blood stays there and with straining of vena cava, they close, you faint yezzir
How is the vena cava different in the rat compared to most other mammals?
A rat has three vena cavas while most other mammals like humans only have two.
Which chamber receives oxygen poor blood?
The vena cavas. Either the superior vena cava, which is at the top of the heart, or the inferior vena cava which is at the bottom. The blood goes into the right atrium, then to the right ventricle, and so on and so forth.
The pathway from the superior and inferior vena cavas through the right side of the heart to the lungs is called the?
Lesser circulation or the pulmonary circulation.
What is the circuclatory system?
the blood system in the body - consists of the heart, aorta, all the arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins, vena cavas
What is the biggest most important artery in your body?
The aorta. The Superior and Inferior Vena Cavas are the biggest veins in the body. Hope this helps.
What is the artery called going to the heart?
Arteries transport blood away from the heart. The superior and inferior vena cavas return blood to the right right atrium.
