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As all artery's (apart from the pulmonary) carry oxygenated blood and the vena cava does not, i would say that the vena cava is a vien
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What is the opposite of aorta?
Vena cava. Whereas the aorta is the body's largest artery, the vena cava is the biggest vein.
What are the main blood vessels leding to and from the heart?
Inferior Vena Cava, Superior Vena Cava, Pulmonary Artery and Vein, Aorta
What major arteries and veins are found around the heart?
The Aorta, the coronary artery, the coronary vein, the inferior vena cava, the superior vena cava, the pulmonary artery.
Which of these is not part of the splanchnic circulation A celiac artery B hepatic portal vein C superior mesenteric artery D inferior vena cava?
inferior vena cava
The main blood vessels?
The pulmonary artery, the pulmonary vein, the aorta and the vena cava.
Does vena cava or aorta have thicker walls?
The aorta has thicker walls as it is an artery not vein.
What is the largest blood vessel coming into or out of the heart?
I believe the largest artery is the aorta and the largest vein is the superior vena cava. I think inferior vena cava is also one of the largest vein.
4 blood vessels in the heart?
# Aorta # pulmonary artery # pulmonary vein # infereior vena cava # superiorvena cava
Largest artery and largest vein?
The largest vein in the human body is the inferior vena cava, the vein that returns blood from the lower half of the body back to the heart.
What vessels course posterior to the inferior vena cava?
The right and left common Iliac Vein merge to form the inferior vena cava
The main vain in your bady is the vena cava?
That is correct, the Vena Cava is the "mothership" of your body's vein system, and the main artery is the Aorta. The Vena Cava and the Aorta stem directly from the heart and branch into the various paths of blood vessels.
The largest vein in the body?
The largest vein in the human body is the inferior vena cava. The inferior vena cava is the vein that carries oxygenation blood to the heart for oxygenation.
