All 5 Uses of
vena cava
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- 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.†
Definition:
either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart