HyperDic: superior_vena_cava

English > 1 sense of the expression superior vena cava:
NOUNbodysuperior vena cava, precavareceives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart
English > superior vena cava: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningReceives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins.
Synonymprecava
Broadervena cavaEither of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
Spanishprecava, vena cava superior
Catalanvena cava superior

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