Superior vena cava

Superior vena cava is a large venous channel which collects blood from the upper half of the body and drain into the right atrium. Superior vena cava is about 7cm long. It is formed by the union of the right and left brachiocephalic or innominate veins. It begins behind the lower border of the first right costal cartilage close to the sternum. It terminates by the opening into the upper part of the right atrium behind the third right costal cartilage. It has no valves.

Major veins superior to the heart

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Your superior vena cava and inferior vena cava have the function of bringing oxygen-poor blood from your body’s tissues back to your heart to get more oxygen.

The inferior vena cava is a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the feet, legs, thighs, pelvis, abdomen and delivers into the right atrium of

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