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The vena cava is the biggest artery in the body that is attached to the heart, so i would say the cardiovascular system.
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What part of the body is blood returned as it passes through the vena cava?
Blood is returned to the heart via the vena cava, specifically the superior vena cava from the upper body and the inferior vena cava from the lower body.
What three vessels drain into the right atrium?
Superior vena cavaInferior vena cavacoronary sinus
The blood supply returns from the legs through the?
venous system, specifically the femoral veins and the popliteal vein. Blood then flows up through the inferior vena cava to the heart.
Name the vessel that brings blood back to the right atrium?
The vessel that brings blood back to the right atrium is the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava.
Does the Inferior vena cava contain oxygenated blood or does it contain deoxygenated blood?
The Inferior vena cava - just like the Superior vena cava -, returns blood to the heart. When blood is returning to the heart, that blood is already circulated in the body, therefore it is already downloaded the oxygen to the body tissues, and picked up the carbon dioxide from them. From the vena cava (superior and inferior), the blood enters the heart (right atrium), is pumped into the right ventricle, and then pumped into the lungs (through the Pulmonary Arteries), where carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen. So, the blood in the vena cava is deoxygenated.
What system does the vena cava belong in?
The Vena Cava is part of the circulatory system. It is the vein which bring deoxygenated blood into the right atium of the heart.
What organ system does the vena cava belong to?
The vena cava is the biggest artery in the body that is attached to the heart, so i would say the cardiovascular system.
What organ systems does the inferior vena cava belong to?
The cardiovascular system
What are the largest vessels in the venous system?
Superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava
What is the function of Vena Cava about Urinary System?
The function of the vena cava is to return blood back to the heart.
What system is the posterior vena cava?
the heart
What is an artery the left ventricle aorta superior vena cava inferior vena cava?
superior vena cava
What is the inferior vena cava called in the cat?
postcava - inferior vena cava precava - superior vena cava
What is the body's largest vein?
The vena cavae, which returns blood from the bottom half of your body back to your heart.
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.
What does the medical term cava mean?
Medically speaking, cava is a word component of superior vena cava and inferior vena cava.Of Latin origin; vena means vein, and cava means hollow. Vena cava means hollow vein.
What is the size of the vena cava?
An inferior vena cava diameter > 12 mm
