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Since the pig is a quadruped (trots around on all fours) the blood vessels are named the ANTERIOR and POSTERIOR vena cavae, rather than the superior and inferior vena cavae which are used to describe the same veins in upright bipeds like humans
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe two largest veins are the superior and inferior vena cavae. meaning they are located above and below the heart
superior and inferior VENA CAVA are just one vein that carries DE OXYGENATED BLOOD....the other blood vessels is called AORTA,which carries oxygenated blood.....those are the two major veins that pump blood in and out of the heart.
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∙ 16y agoThe two major veins that return deoxygenated blood from the body are superior and inferior vena cava.
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∙ 12y agoThe Vena Cava and the Pulmonary Artery
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What are the major functions of the heart arteries veins and capillaries?
They pump blood trough our body
What bring the blood back to the heart?
veins
What carries blood to the heart?
Veins carry deoxygenated blood back the heart.
How does your heart pump blood?
arteries in your heart push together and push the blood to your veins
Why is there veins surrounding the heart?
So it will pump blood through the heart.
What do arteries and veins drain?
Arteries drain (pump blood) into veins. Veins drain into your lungs and heart to be re-oxygenated. (This is not true for veins and arteries to and from your lungs.)
What veins conected to the heart pump the blood in what direction?
You're confused. The heart pumps. The veins drain.
Where does the heart pump blood back into?
left pulmonary veins
How does the blood veins and heart relate to each other?
they both pump blood
Does the heart pump blood to the body?
Yes, the heart does pump blood to the body. The heart pumps blood away from it and to the body through arteries, and then the blood comes back to the heart through veins (If you need this information for a quiz, an easy way to remember this is: arteries: away, and so obviously veins: to the heart).
Flow of blood from small intestine to right atrium of heart?
arteries dont lead the blood to the heart to pump the blood veins do!
Why Blood is pumped by the brain?
Veins running back to your heart from your ear! Jk, the Veins flow thru your neck and the blood is reoxygenated to continue its cycle.
