vena cava

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vena cava noun

Either of the two large veins that take oxygen depleted blood, from the upper body and from the lower body, and return it to the right atrium of the heart.

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superior vena cava inferior vena cava cardinal vein renal vein vena great cardiac vein postcava vein great vessel brachiocephalic vein sinus venosus axillary vein venule azygos vein pulmonary vein portal vein

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