GROSS ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Oxygen-poor blood returns from the body to the heart through the superior vena cava (SVC) and inferior vena cava (IVC), the two main veins that bring blood back to the heart.

Detailed explanation-2: -Your superior vena cava is next to the right side of your sternum and goes into your right atrium, where all the oxygen-poor blood goes. Your inferior vena cava is a little longer. It starts where the right and left common iliac veins come together in your belly area and goes up into the right atrium of your heart.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the time of ancient medicine the names artery/vein signified a hollow structure and later the meaning was limited to vessels. At that time two names existed for the inferior vena cava: vena magna (the “big” vein) and vena cava (the “hollow” vein).

Detailed explanation-4: -Superior vena cava: This large vein delivers oxygen-poor blood from your upper body into your heart’s right atrium. Inferior vena cava: This large vein delivers oxygen-poor blood from your lower body into your heart’s right atrium.

Detailed explanation-5: -function. …of two major trunks, the anterior and posterior venae cavae, that deliver oxygen-depleted blood to the right side of the heart. The anterior vena cava, also known as the precava, drains the head end of the body, while the posterior vena cava, or postcava, drains the tail, or rear, end.…