How to Use vena cava in a Sentence

vena cava

noun
Definition of vena cavanext
  • Pig and human hearts each are attached to a large artery known as the aorta as well as to a large vein known as the vena cava.
    — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Parkhurst used a tiny gripping tool to grasp the hook and pull the filter up through the vena cava and out through the small incision in the patient’s neck.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022
  • These drain into the inferior vena cava, which is a direct line to the heart.
    — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
  • At that stage, the uterus is large enough to put pressure on the inferior vena cava, which is one of the major blood vessels that return blood flow to the heart.
    — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
  • During the robotic portion, the first thing that needed to be done was to close the lower vena cava, the large vein that brings blood to the heart, and the main artery that supplies the kidney with blood, using a special stapler.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Four openings were designed to lead to the aorta, the vena cava, the pulmonary artery, and the pulmonary vein; a cable connected it to a black dictionary-size control box.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
  • It would be connected to the patient’s vena cava—a large vein carrying blood into the heart—through a cannula, or tube, inserted in the jugular vein in the throat.
    — Randy Rieland, Smithsonian, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Back in the 1960s, one scientist posited that purring was the product of blood percolating through the vena cava, a vessel that returns the body’s blood to the heart; that notion was later disproved.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022
  • However the blood flow and diameter of the inferior vena cava were reduced when lying on their backs.
    — Amanda Ross-White, CNN, 16 Oct. 2017
  • This takes pressure off of your inferior vena cava, a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from your lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart, and may help reduce swelling.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The bullet struck Oswald’s aorta and a large torso vein known as the inferior vena cava, Dr. McClelland said, causing extensive blood loss.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The inferior vena cava and superior vena cava carry blood to the heart.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • After a few hours spent separating connections from the vena cava and nearby tissue, the patient's liver is fully removed.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The medical mystery Layne Todd was born without an inferior vena cava.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The strongly suggestive image, also known as Mumoli's sign (named after the senior author), shows the hepatic veins joining together into the inferior vena cava.
    — Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2011

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