Urinary system

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Inferior vena cava The

inferior

carries legs,

blood feet,

vena from

cava the

abdominal

organs, and pelvis. It is formed by the union of the left and right primitive iliac

veins.

anastomoses

It with

also the

azygous vein system, which

carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the right atrium. The right atrium receives

deoxygenated

runs down the right side of

blood

from

the spinal column, and the

through

the

venous plexuses along the

cava and the inferior vena

spinal cord.

cava.

the superior

body vena

it is a system that collects blood

from

brachiocephalic trunks.

the


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