The "'cavoatrial junction "'( CAJ ) is the point at which the superior vena cava meets and melds into the atrium.
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The "'azygos vein "'is a vein running up the side of the thoracic vertebral column draining itself towards the superior vena cava.
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The sinoatrial node is found in the upper part of the right atrium near to the junction with the superior vena cava.
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In the neck, the jugular veins parallel the upward course of the carotid arteries and drain blood into the superior vena cava.
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This junction marks the inferior end of the superior vena cava, the continuation below that point being considered part of the heart.
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The bidirectional Glenn shunt procedure involves rerouting circulation such that the superior vena cava ( SVC ) drains into the right pulmonary artery.
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The root of the right lung lies behind the superior vena cava and part of the right atrium, and below the azygos vein.
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It is a broad band of cardiac muscle that passes from the right atrium, between the superior vena cava and the ascending aorta.
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The vessel, believed to have been found in Las Bocas, a city in southcentral Mexico, includes a pulmonary artery, an aorta and a superior vena cava.
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The superior vena cava ( SVC ), which carries blood returning from the upper body, is disconnected from the heart and instead redirected into the pulmonary arteries.
