Your superior vena cava and inferior vena cava have the function of bringing oxygen-poor blood from your body’s tissues back to your heart to get more oxygen.
a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
The venules branch into larger veins which eventually carry the blood to the largest veins in the body, the vena cava. Blood is then transported from the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava to the right atrium of the heart. Deep veins and superficial veins Systemic veins are classified as being either: Deep veins.
superior vena cava the venous trunk draining blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and chest; it empties into the right atrium of the heart. See Appendix 2-6.
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