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By definition, apex is the lowermost and outermost portion of the heart. So it has to be inferior.
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A plane of division that is also described as a transverse or cross-section?
Transverse Plane.Divides the body into Inferior and Superior Parts of the body.
What plane divides the body and its parts into superior and inferior portions?
Axial plane (Transverse Plane) which is a horizontal plane that divides the body or any of its parts into upper and lower parts. If you mean the entire body, it runs horizontality through the umbilicus or navel.
What are the three parts of the sternum?
the strnum, 12 pairs of ribs, and 12 thoracic vertebrae.
In mammals what will blood returning from the head pass through just before entering the right atrium?
The veins from some parts of the body converge into two major pathways, the superior and inferior venae cavae, which lead to the right atrium.
What vessel carries oxygen-rich blood into the left atrium?
The Superior Vena Cava also known as the anterior Vena Cava.
Is the apex of the heart superior or inferior to other parts of the heart?
Inferior.
Through which parts of the heart does oxygen-poor flow?
the inferior and superior vena cava
A superior and inferior one of these carries blood into the heart and all parts of the body except the lungs?
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How many parts is the right lung divided into?
the left lung is divided into 2 parts in mammals
What brings blood from below the diaphragm to the heart?
The inferior vena cava brings blood from the lower parts of the body to the heart. The blood is deoxygenated.
The superior vena cava returns blood to the heart from what parts of the body?
The superior vena cava brings blood back from the upper part of the body. The inferior vena cava drains the rest of the body.
What are the 4 parts of your heart?
The 4 parts of the heart are the following: 1. superior/inferior vena cava 2. right atrium 3. left atrium 4. right ventricle 5. left ventricle and thats all .................. by: sarah
What are the inferior heart chambers?
The superior heart chambers would refer to the left and right atria. The superior vena cava refers to the wide and short vein that brings deoxygenated blood back from the upper half of the body.
Are the ears superior and inferior body parts?
The ears are what and what to the shoulders and what to the nose.Yes, the ears are superior to the shoulders and posterior and lateral to the nose.The ears are superior to the shoulders and posterior of the nose.
Where do the inferior and superior vena cava deliver blood from?
They bring de-oxygenated blood from other parts of the body to the heart, where it is pumped to the lungs to be oxygenated and sent out again through the aorta of the heart to the arteries.
What carries blood away to other parts of the body?
Arteries carry fleshly oxygenated blood from the heart to other parts of the body while veins carry de-oxygenated blood back to the heart. The Superior Vena Cava is a vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the upper (superior) body to the hearts right atrium. The Inferior Vena Cava is a large vein that carries de-oygenated blood from the lower (inferior) part of the body also to the right atrium. The aorta, which is the largest artery in the body, distributes oxygenated blood to all areas of the body.
The function of vena cava?
The inferior vena cava is one of two veins which carries deoxygenated blood from the body into the right atrium of the heart, the other vein is the superior vena cava: inferior deals with blood coming from body areas below the heart, superior deals with blood coming from above the heart.
