receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins
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superior vena cava
The most common efferent vein was via the azygos vein to the superior vena cava.
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Intrigued by his father's medical books as a boy, he learned about the superior vena cava, the palmar plexus and the adductor tubercle early in life.
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Finally, the left and right brachiocephalic veins join to form the superior vena cava, which delivers deoxygenated blood to the right atrium of the heart.
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The heart can then be removed by cutting the inferior vena cava, the pulmonary veins, the aorta and pulmonary artery, and the superior vena cava.
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Another common practice is to use a PICC line, which originates in the arm, and extends to one of the central veins, such as the subclavian with the tip in the superior vena cava.
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The tube runs up his chest to the base of his neck, where it threads into a vein leading to the superior vena cava, the large vessel that finally returns blood from the head and neck to the heart.
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