They hooked up the tiny 7-lb. 3-oz. child to a heart-lung machine. Then they took the venae cavae, the two great veins that carry used blood back to the heart, cut them away from their normal ...

These reflexes are potentiated by the effects of anoxia, hypercapnia and digitalis. The venae cavae and great veins are distended, and venous pressure is increased in cor pulmonale. The cardiac ...

The larger drawings on this page (left) investigate the aorta and the superior and inferior venae cavae. The small circular drawings (lower right) show the tricuspid valve, both open and closed.

Studies involving ferrets necessitate knowledge of proper blood collection methods, such as cranial vena cava puncture. The CVC in the ferret has a diameter of 3.0–3.5 mm and is the main vessel ...

It carries oxygenated blood away from the left ventricle to the body. The vena cava is the largest vein in the body. It carries deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart. The pulmonary ...

IN TEXAS ABOARD UNION PACIFIC’S BIG BOY TRAIN — Jim Vena wants you to have a kolache. In fact, the chief executive of Union Pacific, the largest U.S. railroad, wants everyone to have the Czech ...