PATHOLOGY MCQ
HEART
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Question
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What are the two large veins that drain blood from the upper body and from the lower body and empty it into the right atrium of the heart?
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vena cava
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aorta
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pulmonary artery
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pulmonary vein
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The inferior vena cava originates at around the L5 vertebrae where the left and right iliac veins converge, these vessels collect deoxygenated blood from smaller vessels below the diaphragm.
Detailed explanation-3: -Two large veins that lead into the heart are the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava.
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