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Vena cava Common

Vena cava has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart

2

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.

See Also
cavoatrial great vessel retrocaval intracaval precaval postcaval vein cava
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
vein
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
inferior vena cava superior vena cava
Rhyming Words
ava dava tava hava java fava sava kava lava rava nava cava slava drava brava flava shava chava bhava guava
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