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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

Blood is flowing into the right atrium from the superior and inferior venae cavae and the coronary sinus.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Similarly, baroreceptors are stretch receptors located in the aortic sinus, carotid bodies, the venae cavae, and other locations, including pulmonary vessels and the right side of the heart itself.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The tricuspid valves are placed, like gate-keepers, at the entrance into the ventricles from the venae cavae and pulmonary veins, lest the blood when most forcibly impelled should flow back.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various