Term: superior vena cava: 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
Broader: vena cava: either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart | Unrelated: mushroom coral: flattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached)
Broader: vena cava: either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart | Unrelated: titanium: a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
Broader: vena cava: either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart | Unrelated: optic nerve: the cranial nerve that serves the retina
Broader: vena cava: either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart | Unrelated: wolf boy: a male person assumed to have been raised by wolves
Broader: vena cava: either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart | Unrelated: hearsay rule: a rule that declares not admissible as evidence any statement other than that by a witness
Broader: vena cava: either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart | Unrelated: lunisolar calendar: a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles
Broader: vena cava: either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart | Unrelated: class structure: the organization of classes within a society
Broader: vena cava: either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart | Unrelated: infamy: a state of extreme dishonor; - F.D.Roosevelt
Broader: vena cava: either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart | Unrelated: quire: a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
Broader: vena cava: either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart | Unrelated: ombudsman: a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government