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The pulmonary arteries 

carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs. In medical terms,
the word “pulmonary” means something that affects the lungs. The blood carries oxygen and
other nutrients to your cells

vena cava, in air-breathing vertebrates, including humans, either of two major trunks, the anterior
and posterior venae cavae, that deliver oxygen-depleted blood to the right side of the heart. The
anterior vena cava, also known as the precava, drains the head end of the body, while the posterior
vena cava, or postcava, drains the tail, or rear, end. In humans these veins are respectively called the
superior and inferior venae cavae. Whereas many mammals, including humans, have only one
anterior vena cava, other animals have two.

The alveoli are surrounded by tiny blood vessels, called capillaries. The alveoli and capillaries both
have very thin walls, which allow the oxygen to pass from the alveoli to the blood. The capillaries
then connect to larger blood vessels, called veins, which bring the oxygenated blood from the lungs
to the heart.

Pulmonary veins: The veins do the opposite job of pulmonary arteries and collects the oxygenated
blood and carry it from the lungs back to the heart. The veins merge into larger veins. Each lung has
two pulmonary veins that deliver blood to the heart's top left chamber or atrium.

Right atrium: one of the four chambers of the heart. The right atrium receives blood low in oxygen
from the body and then empties the blood into the right ventricle.

The right ventricle passes the blood on to the pulmonary artery, which sends it to the lungs to pick
up oxygen. The left atrium receives the now oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it into the
left ventricle. The left ventricle pumps the oxygen-rich blood to the body through a large network of
arteries.

inferior vena cava is a large vein that carries the deoxygenated blood from the lower and middle
body into the right atrium of the heart. It is formed by the joining of the right and the left common
iliac veins, usually at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra.

The inferior vena cava is the lower ("inferior") of the two venae cavae, the two large veins that carry
deoxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium of the heart: the inferior vena cava carries
blood from the lower half of the body whilst the superior vena cava carries blood from the upper
half of the body. Together, the venae cavae (in addition to the coronary sinus, which carries blood
from the muscle of the heart itself) form the venous counterparts of the aorta.

It is a large retroperitoneal vein that lies posterior to the cavity and runs along the right side of


the vertebral column.[1] It enters the right auricle at the lower right, back side of the heart.
Tabdominal he name derives from Latin: vena, "vein", cavus, "hollow".

The aorta is the main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body. The
blood leaves the heart through the aortic valve. Then it travels through the aorta, making a cane-
shaped curve that allows other major arteries to deliver oxygen-rich blood to the brain, muscles and
other cells

The pulmonary arteries carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs. In medical terms,
the word “pulmonary” means something that affects the lungs. The blood carries oxygen and other
nutrients to your cells.
Pulmonary veins: The veins do the opposite job of pulmonary arteries and collects the oxygenated
blood and carry it from the lungs back to the heart. The veins merge into larger veins. Each lung has
two pulmonary veins that deliver blood to the heart's top left chamber or atrium

The left atrium receives blood full of oxygen from the lungs and then empties the blood into the left
ventricle.

The left ventricle connects nearly all organ systems through its function to pump oxygenated blood
to the body. Left ventricular failure would likely result in impairment to all other organ systems.
Organs may react to low ventricular function by initiating mechanisms to increase blood delivery

The aorta is the largest artery in the body, and an essential part of the circulatory system. It brings
oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the rest of the body.

capillaries of abdominal organs and hind limbs

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