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superior vena cava

DEFINITIONS OF: superior vena cava

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n receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins

Synonyms:
precava
Type of:
vena cava
either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
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