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vena cava
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Change of Heart, by Picoult
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- Sutures—stitches—get sewn into the aorta, the superior vena cava, and the inferior vena cava.†
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- Sutures—stitches—get sewn into the aorta, the superior vena cava, and the inferior vena cava.†
- I skipped over the part about how her heart would be removed: the inferior and superior vena cava divided, then the aorta.†
- Then the inferior vena cava, then the superior vena cava, then the pulmonary artery, and finally, the aorta.†
- Then the inferior vena cava, then the superior vena cava, then the pulmonary artery, and finally, the aorta.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(vena cava) either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)