another name for the precaval vein; drain blood back to the heart from the head and neck
receives 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
Major vein leading to the right atrium of the heart. It brings low-oxygen blood from the upper part of the body (head and arms).
A large vein formed by the union of the two brachiocephalic veins and the azygos vein that receives blood from the head, neck, upper limbs, and chest, atrium and empties into the right atrium of the heart.
Drains the anterior body regions, returning blood back to the heart via the right atrium.
the large vein that returns blood to the heart from the head and arms.
Blood from the head returns to the heart through this main vein.
The large vein that carries blood from the head, neck, arms, and chest to the heart.
major vein in the upper body that carries oxygen depleted blood to the heart
One of the largest veins in the body, it returns blood from the entire upper half of the
The large vein that delivers deoxygenated blood from the veins of the head and upper body to the right atrium.
a large vein that carries oxygen-poor blood to the right atrium from the upper parts of the body.
(SVC) — returns blue blood from the upper body to the right atrium in the normal heart.
the large vein that returns blood from the head and arms to the heart.
The vein that carries blood to the right atrium from parts of the body that are superior to the heart.
The superior vena cava is a large yet short vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the heart's right atrium.