Associations to the word «Vena»

Wiktionary

VENA CAVA, noun. (anatomy) Either of the two large veins that take oxygen depleted blood, from the upper body and from the lower body, and return it to the right atrium of the heart.
VENA CAVAE, noun. Plural of vena cava

Dictionary definition

VENA, noun. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood".

Wise words

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Alexander Pope