<P> The inferior vena cava ( or IVC ) is a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart . Its walls are rigid and has valves so the blood does not flow down via gravity . It is formed by the joining of the right and the left common iliac veins , usually at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra . </P>
<P> The inferior vena cava ( or IVC ) is a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart . Its walls are rigid and has valves so the blood does not flow down via gravity . It is formed by the joining of the right and the left common iliac veins , usually at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra . </P>
where does the blood go after the inferior vena cava
where does the blood go after the inferior vena cava
the right atrium of the heart
the right atrium of the heart