2022年3月24日 · What is the vena cava? The superior vena cava and inferior vena cava are very large veins that bring deoxygenated blood to your heart to get oxygen. Your inferior vena cava, your body’s largest vein, carries oxygen-depleted blood back to your heart from the lower part of your body (below your diaphragm).

2024年8月1日 · What Does the Vena Cava Do? The venae cavae are veins, so they have one job — to carry blood from all the tissues and organs of the body to the heart. The superior vena cava carries blood...

In anatomy, the venae cavae (/ ˈ v iː n i ˈ k eɪ v i /; [1] sg.: vena cava / ˈ v iː n ə ˈ k eɪ v ə /; from Latin 'hollow veins') [2] are two large veins (great vessels) that return deoxygenated blood from the body into the heart. In humans they are the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava, and both empty into the right atrium ...

There are two Vena Cava, both large veins that discharge blood into the right atrium of the heart. They are named thus: Superior vena cava (SVC) conveying blood from the head, chest, and upper extremities. Inferior vena cava) conveying blood …

vena cava, in air-breathing vertebrates, including humans, either of two major trunks, the anterior and posterior venae cavae, that deliver oxygen-depleted blood to the right side of the heart.

6 天之前 · The superior vena cava (SVC) is a large, valveless vein that conveys venous blood from the upper half of the body and returns it to the right atrium. In this article, we will look at the anatomy of the superior vena cava – its position, tributaries, and clinical correlations.

2023年11月3日 · The inferior vena cava (IVC) is the largest vein of the human body. It is located at the posterior abdominal wall on the right side of the aorta. The IVC’s function is to carry the venous blood from the lower limbs and abdominopelvic region to the heart.

2023年10月30日 · The superior vena cava (SVC, also known as the cava or cva) is a short, but large diameter vein located in the anterior right superior mediastinum. Its latin name is related to its large pipe appearance in cadavers, 'cava' meaning 'hollow'.

2025年1月2日 · The inferior vena cava (also known as IVC or the posterior vena cava) is a large vein that carries oxygen-depleted blood from the torso and lower body to the right side of the heart.

2025年1月23日 · The superior vena cava (SVC) is located in the right side of the superior mediastinum, within the thoracic cavity. It runs vertically along the right side of the sternum, just lateral to the ascending aorta and anterior to the right lung hilum.