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14 Veins of
the Systemic Circulation)

Major systematic vein and their draining part

They are three systemic veins
I)coronary sinus
II)superior vena cava (SVC)
III)inferior vena cava (IVC)
VEINS DESCRIPTION REGIONS
AND DRAINED
TRIBUTARIES
Coronary sinus Main vein of All tissues of
(KOR-oˉ-Nar-ē; heart; receives heart.
corona = crown) almost all
venous blood
from
myocardium;
located in
coronary sulcus
on posterior
aspect of heart
and opens into
 right atrium
between orifice
of inferior vena
cava and
tricuspid valve.
Wide venous
channel into
which three
veins drain.
Receives great
cardiac vein
(from anterior
interventricular
sulcus) into its
left end, and
middle cardiac
vein (from
posterior
interventricular
sulcus) and small
cardiac vein into
its right end.
Several anterior
cardiac veins
drain directly
into right atrium.
Superior vena About 7.5 cm (3 Head, neck,
cava (SVC) (VĒ- in.) long and 2 upper limbs, and
na KĀ-va; vena = cm (1 in.) in thorax.
vein; cava = cave diameter;
like) empties its
blood into
superior part of
right atrium.
Begins posterior
to right first
costal cartilage
by union of right
and left
brachiocephalic
veins and ends
at level of right
third costal
cartilage, where
it enters right
atrium
Inferior vena Largest vein in Abdomen,
cava (IVC) body, about 3.5 pelvis, and lower
cm (1.4 in.) in limbs
diameter. Begins
anterior to fifth
lumbar vertebra
by union of
common iliac
veins, ascends
behind
 peritoneum to
right of midline,
pierces caval
opening of
diaphragm at
level of eighth
thoracic
vertebra, and
enters inferior
part of right
atrium.

NB: The inferior vena cava is commonly compressed

during the later stages of pregnancy by the enlarging
uterus, producing edema of the ankles and feet and
temporary varicose veins.