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The goal was to empty the heart of all air bubbles before reconnecting it to its prime source of blood, via the venae cavae.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2019

First he separated the superior and inferior venae cavae, the two large vessels that return blood from the body into the right atrium, and severed them.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2019

There are also low-pressure baroreceptors located in the walls of the venae cavae and right atrium.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The blood in the superior and inferior venae cavae flows into the right atrium, which pumps blood into the right ventricle.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Atrophy is marked in the vicinity of the venae vorticosae.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.